overleap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb defeat (oneself) by going too far
  2. verb jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
    vault.
  3. verb leave undone or leave out
    pretermit; omit; drop; leave out; overlook; miss; neglect.
    • How could I miss that typo?
    • The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

WordNet


O`ver*leap" transitive verb
Etymology
AS. oferhleápan. See Over, and Leap.
Definitions
  1. To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. "Let me o'erleap that custom." Shak.

Webster 1913