to overleap
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈliːp/
- Archaic
:
exceder
- In his rush to impress the audience, he often tends to overleap the ethical considerations of his arguments.
Examples
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Are you justified in overleaping the obstacles of mere custom?
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The candidate was criticized for attempting to overleap the established protocols during the interview process.
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To overleap their responsibilities could lead to serious consequences for the team and the project.
Synonyms
201
4.2
Say or do something that is not acceptable and may hurt people
58
3.6
Do something too much, more than needed
45
4.4
To do something more than is needed
19
6.3
To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain
15
4.1
To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill
11
5.9
To go beyond a limit or rule
8
6.6
To try to do more than you can and fail
6
7.0
To try to do too many things at the same time so you cannot do any well
4
6.5
Make more effort than your body or mind can handle
4
5.3
Go past a limit or planned time
3
6.8
To make someone very tired by doing too much
3
7.2
Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy
3
6.2
To behave in a way people think is not acceptable
1
5.5
To push someone or something beyond what they can manage
1
4.4
To put too much strain on the body or mind
To push yourself or something too hard so it breaks and you become very tired
To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well
To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest
How Excessive
- Archaic
8
6.6
11
5.9
201
4.2
255
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overleap is made of over- ('too far' or 'beyond') and leap ('jump'), the same over- you see in overdo. So overleap can mean 'to jump' past a safe limit and harm or defeat yourself by going too far.