leap-frog
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noun
2.
an advance from one place, position, or situation to another without progressing through all or any of the places or stages in between: a leapfrog from bank teller to vice president in one short year.
verb (used with object)
3.
to jump over (a person or thing) in or as if in leapfrog: He leapfrogged the fence to reach the crying child.
4.
to move or cause to move as if in leapfrog: Manufacturers are leapfrogging prices because the cost of raw materials has doubled.
verb (used without object)
5.
to move or advance in or as if in leapfrog: Our tour leapfrogged through six cities in four days.
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leapfrog (ˈliːpˌfrɒɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a children's game in which each player in turn leaps over the others' bent backs, leaning on them with the hands and spreading the legs wide |
| —vb , -frogs, -frogging, -frogged | |
| 2. | a. (intr) to play leapfrog |
| b. (tr) to leap in this way over (something) | |
| 3. | to advance or cause to advance by jumps or stages |
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