by leaps and bounds

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Idioms and Phrases

Rapidly, or in fast progress, as in The corn is growing by leaps and bounds , or School enrollment is increasing by leaps and bounds . This term is a redundancy, since leap and bound both mean “spring” or “jump,” but the two words have been paired since Shakespeare's time and are still so used.

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