leapfrog in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for leapfrog in the English»French Dictionary

I.leapfrog [Brit ˈliːpfrɒɡ, Am ˈlipˌfrɔɡ] N

leapfrog

saute-mouton m

to play leapfrog

jouer à saute-mouton

II.leapfrog <pres part leapfrogging; pret, pp leapfrogged> [Brit ˈliːpfrɒɡ, Am ˈlipˌfrɔɡ] VB trans

1. leapfrog lit wall, obstacle:

leapfrog

sauter par dessus

2. leapfrog fig rival, opponent:

leapfrog

devancer

III.to leapfrog over <pres part leapfrogging; pret, pp leapfrogged> VB intr fig

to leapfrog over rival, opponent:

to leapfrog over

devancer

Translations for leapfrog in the French»English Dictionary

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saute-mouton

leapfrog

jouer à saute-mouton

to play leapfrog

leapfrog in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for leapfrog in the English»French Dictionary

I.leapfrog N

leapfrog

saute-mouton m

II.leapfrog <-gg-> VB trans

1. leapfrog (surpass):

to leapfrog sb/sth

aller plus loin que qn/qc

2. leapfrog (skip):

leapfrog

sauter

III.leapfrog <-gg-> VB intr

1. leapfrog (surpass):

to leapfrog past sb

passer devant qn

2. leapfrog (skip):

to leapfrog from sth to sth

passer de qc à qc

Translations for leapfrog in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

saute-mouton

leapfrog

jouer à saute-mouton

to play leapfrog

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Two pegs are used in a leapfrog fashion, so that if a player loses track during the count one peg still marks the previous score.

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Solar power provides an opportunity for rural areas to leapfrog traditional grid infrastructure and move directly to distributed energy solutions.

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Some of these designs leapfrogged other countries' tank designs.

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The monarchy, because of what he called the ministerial leapfrog, had become descredited.

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She went on to set three personal bests, eventually clearing on her first attempt to leapfrog from a tie for third.

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It differs from fire and movement in that the attacking force advances in unison rather than leapfrogging forward in alternating groups.

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The monarchy because of what he called the ministerial leapfrog had become fully descredited.

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Such an exhibition is often referred to simply as a tandem simul or leapfrog simul.

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In addition, because of rapid advances in electronics, the brands continually leapfrogged each other as they brought out models with new or more automatic features.

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Children entertained themselves with toys and such games as leapfrog.

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