leap

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1. jump, bound, spring, upspring, run and jump, take off, leave the ground or one's feet; high jump, broad jump, pole vault, steeplechase; (of horses) prance, rear up, buck, buckjump; leapfrog, overleap, jump over, overjump, vault, hurdle, cross over, sail over, shoot over, go or pass over, take it over, clear, negotiate.

2. hop, skip, bounce, bob, Inf. hippety-hop; caper, frolic, frisk, cavort, romp, gambol, curvet, capriole, dance around or about.

3.Often leap to

rush or hurry to, hurtle, form hastily or quickly, jump to; come to, arrive at, reach; conclude, decide, make up one's mind.

4. surge, increase by leaps and bounds, shoot up, skyrocket, rocket, soar; increase, rise, progress, climb, mount, ascend, appreciate, go up; advance, accelerate, escalate, grow.

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5. jump, bound, spring, vault, running jump, high jump, broad or long jump, pole vault, Ballet. entrechat, Ballet. jete; (of horses) curvet, capriole, gambado, gambade, buck; hop, skip, bounce, bob; a hop, skip and a jump; caper, frolic, gambol, dance, prance.

6. hurdle, bar, Gymnastics. buck, Gymastics. horse; obstacle, obstruction, fence, rail, hedge.

7. saltation, abrupt transition, quick change; advance, movement, progression.

8. upsurge, upswing, surge, skyrocketing, rocketing, soaring; increase, rise, elevation, mounting, climbing, ascent; appreciation, augmentation, acceleration, escalation, growth.