1. overleap(v = verb.social) - defeat (oneself) by going too far;
is one way to exaggerate, overdo
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
2. overleap(v = verb.motion) vault - jump across or leap over (an obstacle);
is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
3. overleap(v = verb.cognition) drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. Shak. [1913 Webster]
overleap, v.tr. (past and past part. -leaped or -leapt)
1 leap over, surmount.
2 omit, ignore.
Etymology:
OE oferhleapan (as OVER, LEAP)
VB transgress, surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed, transcend, surmount, soar, encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the Rubicon.