leapfrog
/ˈliːpfɹɑɡ/ verb C2- To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- To overtake. · This new product will leapfrog the competition.
- To progress.
- To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
He/she/it leapfrogs · Past leapfrogged · Past participle leapfrogged · -ing form leapfrogging
Verb forms
- Base form
- leapfrog
- He/she/it
- leapfrogs
- Past
- leapfrogged
- Past participle
- leapfrogged
- -ing form
- leapfrogging
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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