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overleap

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8 lettersPronunciation /oʊvərˈliːp/Part of speech verbSorted aeeloprvStarts with OEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. leave undone or leave out

Word origin

From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan, equivalent to over- + leap. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”).

Used in a sentence

  • Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she staies, / But overleapes them all, like Robucke light […].
  • It should be noted that even modest German efforts to overleap the power-political constraints on imperial expansion met with sturdy resistance from the established world powers.
  • I overleapt myself and stumbled.

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