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    leapfrog
    /ˈliːpfrɒɡ/

    noun

    • 1. a game in which players in turn vault with parted legs over others who are bending down: "we were playing leapfrog"

    verb

    • 1. perform such a vault: "they leapfrogged around the courtyard"

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  2. to improve your position by going past other people quickly or by missing out some stages: They've leapfrogged from third to first place. She leapfrogged several older colleagues to get the manager's job. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  3. The meaning of LEAPFROG is a game in which one player bends down and is vaulted over by another player. How to use leapfrog in a sentence.

  4. Leapfrog is a game which children play, in which a child bends over, while others jump over their back. ...children engaged in activities such as riding, playing leapfrog, or football. American English : leapfrog / ˈlipfrɔg /

  5. 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.

  6. 1. To jump over (someone) in leapfrog. 2. To advance or progress beyond (a competitor or an obstacle, for example) in dramatic fashion: hoping to leapfrog the competition with new technology. 3. To advance (two military units) by engaging one with the enemy while moving the other to a position forward of the first unit. v.intr. 1.

  7. noun. a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over. see more. noun. advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors. “the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends”. see more.

  8. leapfrog (somebody/something) to get to a higher position or rank by going past somebody else or by missing out some stages. The win allowed them to leapfrog three teams to gain second place.

  9. Leapfrog definition: A game in which one player kneels or bends over while the next in line leaps over him or her.

  10. leapfrog meaning, definition, what is leapfrog: a childrens game in which someone bends...: Learn more.

  11. :to move ahead of or beyond (someone or something) in a very quick and sudden way. + object. Skipping his last two years of high school, he leapfrogged his classmates and went to college. This year's technologies are leapfrogging last year's designs. no object. — usually + over.