OVERLEAP

neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap

(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”

vault, overleap

(verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

overleap

(verb) defeat (oneself) by going too far

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overleap (third-person singular simple present overleaps, present participle overleaping, simple past and past participle overleapt or overleaped)

(transitive) To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping. [from 8th c.]

(transitive) To pass over; to omit, leave out. [from 10th c.]

(dated, reflexive) To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*leap", v. t. Etym: [AS. oferhleápan. See Over, and Leap.]

Definition: To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. "Let me o'erleap that custom." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FOCUS

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