Definition of leapfrog
: a game in which one player bends down and is vaulted over by another player
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For him, the leapfrog innovation of Silicon Valley is far preferable.
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The Supreme Court’s refusal to let the administration leapfrog appeals courts means that DACA stays for at least a few months and perhaps until well after midterm elections.
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Others got in formation for leapfrog and duck-duck-goose.
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ICOs resemble both a new form of crowdfunding, and a technological leapfrog over the regulations that hem in more orthodox funding strategies.
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Even a quick leapfrog across the career of Takesada Matsutani, who was born in Osaka, Japan, and is now based in Paris, reveals tremendous formal variation.
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The Orlando metro saw its average price leapfrog from a wow-fill-er-up $2.04 to an I’ll-get-the-small-coffee-instead $2.17, while the Tampa area’s average went from an are-you-kidding-me $2.01 to an I-guess-that’s-still-not-bad $2.16.
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A similar game of political leapfrog could take place if California tries to become No. 3 in primary season.
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Staff in the London embassy could phone the White House or the Deputy Secretary of State—quite the leapfrog over typical channels for cables.
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First Known Use of leapfrog
1599
Definition of leapfrog
1
: to go ahead of (each other) in turn;
specifically
: to advance (two military units) by keeping one unit in action while moving the other unit past it to a position farther in front
2
: to evade by or as if by a bypass
Examples of leapfrog in a Sentence
Skipping his last two years of high school, he leapfrogged his classmates and went to college.
This year's technologies are leapfrogging last year's designs.
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New Southlake Carroll head football coach Riley Dodge leapfrogged four head coaches with state championships on their resumes, according to information released Friday by the Carroll school district.
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The result consolidates Inter's place inside the top four and increases their chances of leapfrogging third placed Roma, who drew 1-1 with Bologna earlier today.
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Waymo on Tuesday announced a partnership to build self-driving Jaguar luxury SUVs that can be deployed in the Silicon Valley company’s autonomous taxi fleet, a move that appears designed to leapfrog such rivals as Tesla and Uber.
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Two other Chinese citizens— Tencent Chairman Pony Ma and Evergrande Chairman Hui Ka Yan —have leapfrogged Mr. Li in the past decade.
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The Saints passer will leapfrog Hall of Famer Morten Andersen (190 games) by late October.
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Ultimately, the Jets traded up three spots with the Colts and leapfrogged the Browns at No. 4 -- presumably for a quarterback -- but the call to Browns GM John Dorsey was worth a shot.
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Since his father became king in 2015, Prince Mohammed has leapfrogged other Saudi royals to become his Sunni kingdom’s undisputed leader.
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Since his father became king in 2015, Prince Mohammed has leapfrogged other Saudi royals to become his Sunni kingdom’s undisputed leader.
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First Known Use of leapfrog
1872
LEAPFROG Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of leapfrog for English Language Learners
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: a children's game in which one player bends down so that another player can leap over the back of the first player
leapfrog
Definition of leapfrog for English Language Learners
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: to move ahead of or beyond (someone or something) in a very quick and sudden way
LEAPFROG Defined for Kids
Definition of leapfrog for Students
: a game in which one player bends down and another player leaps over the first player
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