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"leap" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often jump (4 letters).
Definitions
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Word origin
From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.
Used in a sentence
“It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep”
“I, I defie thee: wert not thou next him when he leapt into the Riuer?”
“Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Jump forward”4 letters
02“Jump”4 letters
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