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OVERLEAP

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leave undone or leave out

Example:

The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

Synonyms:

drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overleap"):

forget (forget to do something)

jump; pass over; skip; skip over (bypass)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Sense 2

Meaning:

Jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

Synonyms:

overleap; vault

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "overleap" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overleap"):

hurdle (jump a hurdle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Defeat (oneself) by going too far

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "overleap" is one way to...):

exaggerate; overdo (do something to an excessive degree)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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