: a children's game in which one player bends down so that another player can leap over the back of the first player
play leapfrog
leapfrogs; leapfrogged; leapfrogging
: to move ahead of or beyond (someone or something) in a very quick and sudden way
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.
—usually + overShe leapfrogged over her more experienced coworkers and became the company's president.
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“Leapfrog.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/leapfrog. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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