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leapfrog
[ leep-frog, -frawg ]
noun
- a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- 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)
- to jump over (a person or thing) in or as if in leapfrog:
He leapfrogged the fence to reach the crying child.
- 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)
- to move or advance in or as if in leapfrog:
Our tour leapfrogged through six cities in four days.
leapfrog
/ ˈliːpˌfrɒɡ /
noun
- 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
verb
- intr to play leapfrog
- tr to leap in this way over (something)
- to advance or cause to advance by jumps or stages
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Example Sentences
As a result, young professionals of color play leapfrog, jumping from one company to another before they finally land somewhere supportive.
Unlike technology, there is no leapfrog development in politics.
There is a clear preference to see the throne leapfrog Charles.
It was unoccupied, except by a few specimens of young America, who were playing leapfrog over the seats and desks.
Mr. Miller had risen and bowed as if he was giving some invisible person a “back” for leapfrog.
By my process of induction I perceive that he was a remarkable genius, and owned a yellow dog with a gift for solo leapfrog.
Leapfrog and the three-cornered game of "cat" were favourite pastimes, but nothing broke the monotony.
A pretty joke indeed that he should think of the beautiful Miss Leapfrog, he who is not worth a rap, and is as ugly as a toad.
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