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overleap

[oh-ver-leep] / ˌoʊ vərˈlip /
VERB
clear
Synonyms
STRONGEST
negotiate
STRONG
hurdle leap miss surmount vault
Antonyms
WEAK
run into
VERB
neglect
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bypass discard disregard overlook
STRONG
defer dismiss elide evade miss omit overpass postpone procrastinate shirk skimp skip suspend trifle
WEAK
be careless be derelict be irresponsible be negligent be remiss gloss over let pass let slide look the other way lose sight of not trouble oneself pass over think little of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
attend regard respect
STRONG
advance complete continue do expedite face finish forward maintain meet take on
WEAK
accomplish achieve cherish concern guard nurture protect succeed take care of watch
VERB
negotiate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clear pass
STRONG
hurdle surmount vault
WEAK
get around get over get past leap over pass through
Antonyms
WEAK
remain stay
VERB
vault
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ascend bounce bound leap soar
STRONG
arch bend bow clear curve hop hurdle mount negotiate over rise spring surmount
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allow permit
STRONG
decline decrease drop fall give in slump straighten

Example Sentences

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“But there are more significant hurdles,” she says: hurdles modern medicine hasn’t found a way to consistently overleap quite yet.

From Time • Nov. 30, 2016

"See the carp swim strongly against the rapids and overleap even the waterfall." said Mrs. Saito.

From Time Magazine Archive

Religion has raised a bar which not even the strongest impulses of nature can overleap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, well, we must not overleap the quiet current of our story.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various

Abuses of Romance.––The romantic, on the other hand, because he works with greater freedom than the realist, may overleap himself and express in a loose fashion general conceptions which are hasty and devoid of truth.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker