overleap

Meaning

Verb

  • To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
  • To pass over; to omit, leave out.
  • To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.

Origin

  • From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlÄ“apan, equivalent to over- + leap. Compare Dutch overlopen, German überlaufen.

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