overleap
7 synonyms for overleap, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To get past an obstacle by jumping over it.
Synonyms
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”) and German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”). By surface analysis, it is over- plus leap.
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