leap forward
Bound toward progress
A leap forward is a sudden, significant advance or improvement: The new treatment represents a leap forward in cancer research.
The phrase emphasizes dramatic progress rather than gradual development.
It can describe breakthroughs in technology, understanding, or capability.
China's Great Leap Forward (1958–1962) was Mao's disastrous industrialization campaign, which caused widespread famine.
- boundSecured or destined
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- advanceMove or progress forward
- breakthroughSudden important advance
progress · vault · spring · momentum · stride · quantum · launch · propel · hurdle · catapult · revolutionary · innovation · giant · step · thrust · accelerate · soar · transformation
- advanceadvance, proceed, progress, forge ahead, move on
- breakthrougheureka, aha moment, epiphany, revelation, realization
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- Fast Startshit the ground running, off to the races, flying start, quick off the mark, jump start
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- turning pointsturning point, defining moment, pivotal event, pivotal moment, crossroads
leap forwardstep backward
step back · regression · retreat · setback · backslide
leap forwardbaby step
Minimal incremental progress
inch forward · evolutionary change · baby steps · slow and steady
leap forwardstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
standstill · stasis · inertia · paralysis · gridlock
leap, forward, leaps, leaped, leaping, leaper, leapt, forwards, forwarded