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Verb: overleap (overleaped, also overleapt)  ,ow-vu(r)'leep
Usage: archaic
  1. Jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
    "The athlete overleaped the hurdle";
    - vault
     
  2. Defeat (oneself) by going too far
    "The ambitious politician overleapd himself with his unrealistic promises"
     
  3. Leave undone or leave out
    - neglect, pretermit [archaic], omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook

Derived forms: overleaped, overleaping, overleaps, overleapt

Type of: act, bound, jump, leap, move, overdo, spring