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leapfrog

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leap⋅frog

[leep-frog, -frawg] noun, verb, -frogged, -frog⋅ging.
–noun
1. a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
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.

Origin:
1590–1600; leap + frog 1


leapfrogger, noun
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leap·frog   (lēp'frôg', -frŏg')   
n.  A game in which one player kneels or bends over while the next in line leaps over him or her.
v.   leap·frogged, leap·frog·ging, leap·frogs

v.   tr.
  1. To jump over in or as if in leapfrog.

  2. To advance (two military units) by engaging one with the enemy while moving the other to a position forward of the first unit.

  3. To avoid by or as if by a roundabout route.

v.   intr.
To move forward or progress in or as if in leapfrog.
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