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61leap on the bandwagon — To join in any popular and currently successful movement in the hope of gaining advantage from it ● band …
62leap|er — «LEE puhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that leaps. 2. = jumping bean. (Cf. ↑jumping bean) …
63leap to the eye — (or to mind) be immediately apparent one dire question leaped to our minds …
64leap at something — ˈleap at sth derived to accept a chance or an opportunity quickly and with enthusiasm Syn: jump at • I leapt at the chance to go to France. Main entry: ↑leapderived …
65Leap second — A leap second is a one second adjustment that keeps broadcast standards for time of day close to mean solar time. Broadcast standards for civil time are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a time standard which is maintained using… …
66Leap year — A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the… …
67Leap Wireless — Infobox Company foundation = 1998 industry = Communications Services| company name = Leap Wireless International Inc location = San Diego, CA (Operational Headquarters) num employees = 1,400 revenue = profit $2.26B billion USD (2006) company type …
68leap — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 big jump ADJECTIVE ▪ big, giant ▪ little ▪ flying, running ▪ He made a flying leap at the ball …
69leap — leap1 [li:p] v past tense and past participle leapt [lept] especially BrE leaped especially AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(jump)¦ 2¦(move fast)¦ 3¦(increase)¦ 4 leap at the chance/opportunity 5 leap to somebody s defence 6¦(heart)¦ Phrasal verbs …
70leap — I UK [liːp] / US [lɪp] verb Word forms leap : present tense I/you/we/they leap he/she/it leaps present participle leaping past tense leaped or leapt UK [lept] / US past participle leaped or leapt ** 1) [intransitive] to move somewhere suddenly… …
