Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sally; flight; escape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To surpass in leaping.
- noun rare A sally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sally ;flight ;escape . - verb To
leap out, as if from anambush . - verb To
leap beyond or farther than.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is faster than [Olympic medalist] Maurice Greene and he can outleap [Michael] Jordan.
Best Comics Pitch of the Day: Candidate ALVIN GREENE, Ultimate Warrior Michael Cavna 2010
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Clarence Goodson scored in the 70th for the 14th-ranked U.S., using an elbow to outleap goalkeeper Donis Escobar to head in Brad Davis 'corner kick.
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The winning score was a quick 4-yard pass to Jerramy Stevens, who had to outleap Jason Craft to make the catch.
USATODAY.com 2007
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Mark Jones tried to outleap two Gator defenders before the ball deflected and landed in the hands of Banks for a 48-yard score.
USATODAY.com 2003
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To make man easier to catch, the Keepers had bred against his natural speed, and thus could outrun him and outleap him by enough of a margin to always win against him…but things like cars had not entered the equation, had they, or guns?
Lilith’s Dream: A Tale of the Vampire Life Whitley Strieber 2002
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To make man easier to catch, the Keepers had bred against his natural speed, and thus could outrun him and outleap him by enough of a margin to always win against him…but things like cars had not entered the equation, had they, or guns?
Lilith’s Dream: A Tale of the Vampire Life Whitley Strieber 2002
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The third game was to leap beyond the stone which they had thrown, but ever to their dismay the knights saw this marvelous maiden far outleap them all.
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Before extreme old age, he could outrun and outleap any of his children.
Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. Rev. John Gerardus Fagg
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The third game was to leap beyond the stone which they had thrown, but ever to their dismay the knights saw this marvellous maiden far outleap them all.
Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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In such a group as this what elements of tragedy lie lurking and ready to outleap?
Criticisms and Interpretations. I. By Frank T. Marzials 1917
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