as in to jump
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence
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Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
George's tenure at TSU is in line with a trend of NFL greats taking on head coaching jobs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), before making the leap to a school that competes at the FBS level.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2025
There are certain plays that, no matter the production, leap straight through your ears to your soul every time.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Pop-Up Stores Bring Retail Theater To Life Before taking the leap and opening permanent store locations, relatively young brands ill organize pop-ups for a limited amount of time to cement customer interaction.
—Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
George's tenure at TSU is in line with a trend of NFL greats taking on head coaching jobs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), before making the leap to a school that competes at the FBS level.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
Most of us have encountered a few software engineers who seem practically magician-like, a class apart from the rest of us in their ability to reason about complex mental models, leap to nonobvious yet elegant solutions, or emit waves of high-quality code at unreal velocity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2025
There are certain plays that, no matter the production, leap straight through your ears to your soul every time.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Leap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leap. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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