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English Dictionary: overleap by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overleap
v
  1. defeat (oneself) by going too far
  2. jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
    Synonym(s): vault, overleap
  3. leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
    Synonym(s): neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
    Antonym(s): attend to, take to heart
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Overleap \O`ver*leap"\, v. t. [AS. oferhle[a0]pan. See {Over},
      and {Leap}.]
      To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. [bd]Let me
      o'erleap that custom.[b8] --Shak.
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