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outleap

[out-leep]
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verb (used with object), out·leaped or out·leapt, out·leap·ing.
  1. to leap ahead of or over.
  2. to surpass in leaping.
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verb (used without object), out·leaped or out·leapt, out·leap·ing.
  1. to leap forth.
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Origin of outleap

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + leap
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Historical Examples

  • The outleap of fury in the dagger-thrust had evidently exhausted him.

    Romola

    George Eliot

  • This is what one wishes for Mordax—that his heart and brain should restrain the outleap of roar and talons.