leaped or leapt

  • 21LEP — abbreviation limited English proficient * * * 1. large electron positron collider. 2. limited English proficiency. * * * lep /lep/ intransitive verb (pat (Spenser) leppˈed) A dialect form of ↑leap1, leaped or leapt * * * LEP 8 [LEP …

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  • 22out|leap — «owt LEEP», verb, leaped or leapt, leap|ing. –v.i. to leap out or forth. –v.t. 1. to leap over or beyond. 2. to surpass in leaping: »Rabbits outleap frogs in distance but not in number of hops …

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  • 23re|leap — «ree LEEP», transitive verb, intransitive verb, leaped or leapt, leap|ing. to leap back or over again: »I resolved to pluck up courage and releap the dangerous abyss (Edward G. Bulwer Lytton) …

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  • 24leap — [[t]li͟ːp[/t]] ♦♦♦ leaps, leaping, leaped, leapt (past participle) (British English usually uses the form leapt as the past tense and past participle. American English usually uses leaped.) 1) VERB If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a… …

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  • 25leap — 1 verb past tense and past participle leapt, especially BrE leaped especially AmE 1 JUMP a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place: Jen leapt across the stream. b) (T) literary… …

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  • 26leap — leap1 [li:p] v past tense and past participle leapt [lept] especially BrE leaped especially AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(jump)¦ 2¦(move fast)¦ 3¦(increase)¦ 4 leap at the chance/opportunity 5 leap to somebody s defence 6¦(heart)¦ Phrasal verbs   …

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  • 27leap — [c]/lip / (say leep) verb (leapt /lɛpt/ (say lept) or leaped, leaping) –verb (i) 1. to spring through the air from one point or position to another: to leap over a ditch. 2. to move quickly and lightly: to leap aside. 3. to pass, come, rise, etc …

  • 28leap — verb. The past form and past participle are in both BrE and AmE either leaped (pronounced leept or lept) or leapt (pronounced lept). Examples: • I can t say that wretch I leaped in after was much of a loss to the human race P. Bailey, 1986 • She… …

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  • 29leap out at — ˌleap ˈout at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they leap out at he/she/it leaps out at present participle leaping out at past tense …

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