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leap up

leap up verb: to quickly stand up.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To quickly stand up

Forms of leap up

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

Questions about leap up

What does leap up mean?
Leap up means to quickly stand up.
What part of speech is leap up?
Leap up is a verb.
What is the past tense of leap up?
The past tense of leap up is leaped up.

Words near leap up in the dictionary

  1. leap seconds
  2. leap smear
  3. leap smearing
  4. leap through hoops
  5. leap to mind
  6. leap up
  7. leap week
  8. leap weeks
  9. leap year
  10. leap years
  11. leap-frog

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