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jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
The attackers leapt out from the bushes - be highly noticeable
How To Use leap out In A Sentence
- Then the rangers had to leap out while the helicopter hovered because the grass was too tall to land. Times, Sunday Times
- He'd balance on his window ledge and leap out into the garden. STUART: A Life Backwards
- The stage almost feels set for one of them to leap out of their seat, into the centre of the circle, and perform a dance or mime routine.
- With every step a new aroma seemed to leap out of the darkness - succulent summer flowers here, earthy woods there, benzoin, pumpkin spice even.
- Leap outside your comfort zone or it will make you complacent and your work boring. The Sun
- You made me leap out of my skin.
- Some whales leap out of the water to watch humans; others turn tail and dive.
- The film is grainy and rich, you can almost feel the old dusty wood, the waterfalls, the rocky buttes and scrubby plains leap out of the screen.
- A flash of bluewhite lightning seemed to leap out of the cruiser's hold, so vivid, that it hurt the eyes even at a distance. Jimgrim
- The same number of muggers would leap out of the dark if everyone conformed overnight to every prescriptive rule ever written.
