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leapfrog

Pronunciation: /ˈliːpfrɒg/

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Definition of leapfrog

noun

[mass noun]
  • a game in which players in turn vault with parted legs over others who are bending down: we were playing leapfrog

verb (leapfrogs, leapfrogging, leapfrogged)

[no object]
  • perform such a vault:they leapfrogged around the courtyard
  • [no object, with adverbial] surpass or overtake another to move into a leading or dominant position:she leapfrogged into a sales position
  • [with object] pass over (a stage or obstacle):attempts to leapfrog the barriers of class

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Definition of leapfrog in the US English dictionary