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overleap

over·leap

UK/əʊ.vəˈliːp/ US/oʊ.vərˈliːp/ uncommon dated

verb

1.

defeat (oneself) by going too far

2.

jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

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3.

leave undone or leave out

  • “How could I miss that typo?”
  • “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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Origin

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

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