leap at

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verb (1)

leaped at or leapt at; leaping at; leaps at

: to eagerly take (a chance, opportunity, etc.)

She leaped at the offer of a better job.

leap out at

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verb (2)

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 at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The London Stadium’s big advantage — and why the West Ham board leapt at the chance to move from Upton Park in 2016 — is its capacity. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Critics leapt at the chance to cast feminists as prudes and housewives as vixens. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Verb

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

Rhymes for leap at

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