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overleap

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o·ver·leap  (vr-lp)
tr.v. o·ver·leaped or o·ver·leapt (-lpt), o·ver·leap·ing, o·ver·leaps
1. To leap across or over.
2. To defeat (oneself or one's purpose) by going too far.
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Verb1.overleap - defeat (oneself) by going too far
overdo, exaggerate - do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
2.overleapoverleap - jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
vault
bound, jump, leap, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
hurdle - jump a hurdle
3.overleap - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
neglect, omit, leave out, pretermit, overlook, miss, drop
forget - forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"
pass over, skip, skip over, jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"


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I often overleap the steps when I clamber; for so doing, none of the steps pardons me.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
In critical emergencies, the States-General are often compelled to overleap their constitutional bounds.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The most curious circumstance in this chase is, that an animal so fleet and agile as the antelope, and straining for its life, should range round and round this fated inclosure, without attempting to overleap the low barrier which surrounds it.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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