leaping

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Definitions

Phrases

• leap in the dark
• leap of faith
• by leaps and bounds
• look before you leap
• quantum leap

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

• With this deal, Ambani has taken a giant leap in the retail sector, leaving behind all domestic and international rivals, including Amazon, led by the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos.

• Even if the available evidence matches both theories, one requires less of a leap.

• Third baseman Yoan Moncada and starter Lucas Giolito took big leaps last season, while left fielder Eloy Jiménez and maybe even highly touted Cuban prospect Luis Robert seem poised to do the same this year.

• The discovery of the new tetraquark is a huge leap forward, and is an indication that there are still many new exotic particles out there, waiting for someone to unveil them.

• Normally we’re kind of chipping away at the problem as opposed to making such a giant leap forward.

• Peter Christopherson made the leap to life on the bandstand and became a pioneer in the industrial music genre.

• Another common prank was to spin the cannon in the direction of the major, causing him to leap out of the way.

• Hot orange flames leap into the sky bringing with them the sickening, inescapable stench of death.

• It was a small step in learning to stick to my guns, but a leap in my comprehension of phonetics.

• But in this case the leap from the known to the unknown is extreme.

• She would let him run about for a few moments and then she would leap upon him as if she had nearly lost him.

• Suddenly his quick eye lit on something in the gravel path and his heart gave a great leap.

• I sprang forward to leap after her, but hands grasped me and flung me back so violently that I fell down on the platform.

• This had the effect of causing the fourth lion to break cover and leap upon a rock as the first had done.