LEAPFROG


Meaning of LEAPFROG in English

I. noun

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Like leapfrog and friendships with older girls the teachers always put a stop to it.

More than 200 youngsters from North Road school in Darlington held a sponsored leapfrog to collect money for Oxfam.

Support vans play leapfrog with the runners, moving ahead a mile or so at a time.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The Cubs knew a win would leapfrog them into second place.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Did 1973 respond to his plans to leapfrog into the elite who would be actually paid to drive?

Secondly, word hypotheses might overlap and leapfrog each other's backwards pruning decision points.

The chief barrier to leapfrogging is government policy in developing countries.

The intention was to allow London to leapfrog its rivals into a leading position.

The result is that the countries are, in some respects, leapfrogging their more advanced neighbours.

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