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leap-frog(2) (iou)



leap-frog verb. Infl. -gg-. L19.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans.
a. Leap or vault as at leap-frog. L19.
R. Kipling He..tried to leapfrog into the saddle. fig.: A. Powell Through column-writing and minor editorships, he had..leapfrogged into a..promising position in Fleet Street.
b. Military. Of detachments or units, esp. in an attack: go in advance of each other by turns. E20.
c. Demand higher wages every time a group of comparable wage-earners has succeeded in pulling level or getting ahead. Chiefly as leap-frogging verbal noun & ppl adjective. M20.
New York Times Direct controls may check 'leapfrogging' by unions..to..maintain..wages relative to those of other workers.
verb trans. Leap or vault over as at leap-frog; move in front of by leap-frogging. L19.
A. J. Barker The two rear companies were picked up..and leap-frogged to the head of the main column.