leapfrog
leap‧frog /ˈliːpfrɒɡ $ -froːɡ, -frɑːɡ/ noun [uncountable]
leapfrog verb (past tense and past participle leapfrogged, present participle leapfrogging) [intransitive and transitive]
حرکت خیز به خیز، بازی جفتک چارکش، باجست وخیز حرکت کردن، جفتک چارکش کردن، از یکدیگر بنوبت جلو زدن، گریز زدن، گره گره حرکت کردن، نظامی: پیش روی مرحله به مرحله پله پله حرکت کردن
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English DictionaryI. leap‧frog1 /ˈliːpfrɒɡ $ -froːɡ, -frɑːɡ/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Because the jumping players look like frogs]
a children’s game in which someone bends over and someone else jumps over them
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. leapfrog2 verb (
past tense and past participle leapfrogged,
present participle leapfrogging)
[intransitive and transitive] to suddenly become better, more advanced etc than people or organizations that were previously better than you:
The company leapfrogged its rivals into a leading position. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲