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leapt at

leapt at is the simple past and past participle of leap at.

Meaning of leap 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

Questions about leapt at

What is leapt at the simple past and past participle of?
Leapt at is the simple past and past participle of leap at.

Words near leapt at in the dictionary

  1. leaps through hoops
  2. leaps to mind
  3. leaps up
  4. leapt
  5. leapt ahead
  6. leapt at
  7. leapt for joy
  8. leapt into action
  9. leapt out
  10. leapt through hoops
  11. leapt to mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leapt at (page history and authors); leap at (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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