Thesaurus / leap
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She would let him run about for a few moments and then she would leap upon him as if she had nearly lost him.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYSuddenly his quick eye lit on something in the gravel path and his heart gave a great leap.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEI sprang forward to leap after her, but hands grasped me and flung me back so violently that I fell down on the platform.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSThis had the effect of causing the fourth lion to break cover and leap upon a rock as the first had done.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEThus age and avarice can always over-leap barriers which, to the young and romantic, are insurmountable.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIESo with a fearful growl, and a bark that might have frightened a lion, Bravo made a leap and a spring after poor little Downy.
THE NURSERY, JULY 1873, VOL. XIV. NO. 1VARIOUSAt the sound of the first shot, Black Hood had climbed to the top of the high wire fence to leap into the factory grounds.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSWe have read the article carefully, but the Member to whom this Leap-Year proposal was made is not mentioned.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 158, APRIL 28, 1920VARIOUSShe did leap them, running from one to another in a manner confusing to herself and doubly so to Dorothy, pursuing.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDOccasionally, on the other hand, a Scot would leap out from the ranks and strike down horse or rider.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONWORDS RELATED TO LEAP
- accelerate
- advance
- bolt
- bound
- burn
- bustle
- clip
- cover ground
- dash
- dispatch
- expedite
- express
- flee
- fly
- gallop
- get cracking
- get the lead out
- goad
- haste
- hie
- hustle
- leap
- make haste
- make tracks
- move quickly
- not lose a minute
- pace
- plunge
- precipitate
- press
- push
- quicken
- race
- run
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scurry
- scuttle
- shake a leg
- skip
- sprint
- spurt
- step on it
- step up
- take wing
- tear
- trot
- urge
- waste no time
- whip around
- accelerated
- advanced
- bolted
- bound
- burned
- bustled
- clipped
- covered ground
- dashed
- dispatched
- expedited
- expressed
- fled
- flew
- galloped
- goaded
- got cracked
- got the lead out
- hasted
- hied
- hustled
- leapt
- made haste
- made tracks
- moved quickly
- not lost a minute
- paced
- plunged
- precipitated
- pressed
- pushed
- quickened
- raced
- ran
- rushed
- scampered
- scooted
- scurried
- scuttled
- shook a leg
- skipped
- sprinted
- spurted
- step on it
- stepped up
- took wing
- tore
- trotted
- urged
- wasted no time
- whip around
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