leap out at

verb

leaped out at or leapt out at; leaping at; leaps out at

1

: to suddenly come at (someone) from a hiding place

The man leaped out at her from behind a shrub.

2

: to immediately get the attention of (someone)

The picture on the magazine's cover leaps out at you.

Examples of leap out at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Honey is one of the first notes that leaps out at you on the nose, along with vanilla and apricot. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026

But the people who do these tasks are already more likely to be women than men, and the book’s hot-pink cover, which has a line drawing of a mother and child, isn’t exactly designed to leap out at the male reader. — Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025

When the doors open, on either side, the rivals will leap out at each other. — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for leap out at

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat