overleap
verb
over·leap
ˌō-vər-ˈlēp 
overleaped or overleapt
ˌō-vər-ˈlēpt
also -ˈlept
; overleaping
ˌō-vər-ˈlē-piŋ
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Bridge-builders—such is the implication—will always overleap wall-builders.
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto,
WSJ,
25 June 2018
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto,
WSJ,
25 June 2018
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“Overleap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overleap. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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overleap
verb
over·leap
ˌō-vər-ˈlēp
1
: to leap over or across
overleap a ditch
2
: to defeat (oneself) by going too far
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