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leap at

leap at verb: synonym of jump at.

Verb

leap at (third-person singular simple present leaps at, present participle leaping at, simple past and past participle leapt at or leaped at)

  1. Synonym of jump at.
    • In an interview last year, Thalbach said she had leapt at the chance of playing Germany's former chancellor.2024 July 13, Guy Chazan, “Ex-chancellor’s imagined career as a sleuth hits Italian TV”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2
    Synonyms:
    jump at

Synonyms of leap at

Forms of leap at

third-person singular presentleaps at
present participleleaping at
past participleleapt at
pastleapt at
past participleleaped at
pastleaped at

Questions about leap at

What does leap at mean?
Leap at means synonym of jump at.
What part of speech is leap at?
Leap at is a verb.
What is the past tense of leap at?
The past tense of leap at is leapt at.

Words near leap at in the dictionary

  1. leantos
  2. leany
  3. Leaotung
  4. leap
  5. leap ahead
  6. leap at
  7. leap day
  8. leap days
  9. leap down someone's throat
  10. leap for joy
  11. leap frog

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