Meanings
verbleap at (third-person singular simple present leaps at, present participle leaping at, simple past and past participle leapt at or leaped at)
present singular third person leaps at · participle present leaping at · participle past leapt at · past leapt at · participle past leaped at · past leaped at
- 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 2Synonyms: jump at
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of jump at.
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leap at. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leap%20at
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