leapfrog
Kids vault game
Leapfrog is a children's game where players vault over each other's stooped backs, hands pressing down as they spring past.
The image extends to any bypassing maneuver—skipping intermediate steps to advance quickly: The company leapfrogged its competitors by adopting new technology.
As a verb, to leapfrog is to vault over or surpass: Startups can leapfrog established firms.
Tossing and jumping game
- tagIdentifier or classifier
- crouchLow bent-knee stance
- squatCrouching on bent legs
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
recess · children · players · turns · schoolyard · vaulting · dodge · chase
Pass while moving faster
- surpassExceed in achievement
- circumventAvoid by going around
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- outpaceExceed in velocity
outstrip · outflank · sidestep · outmaneuver · fast-track
Increase in velocity
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- innovationCreating something original
disruption · modernization · transformation · upgrade · surpassing · outpacing
hopscotch
Tossing and jumping game
playground · recess · children · players · turns · schoolyard · vaulting · dodge · chase · skip
overtake
Pass while moving faster
- surpassExceed in achievement
- circumventAvoid by going around
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
outpace · outstrip · outflank · sidestep · outmaneuver · fast-track
accelerate
Increase in velocity
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- breakthroughSudden important advance
innovation · disruption · modernization · transformation · upgrade · surpassing · outpacing
- old pastimesjousting, chess, backgammon, dice, bowls
- playground gamestag, hide and seek, hopscotch, freeze, capture the flag
- jumping actionsvault, hurdle, bound over, clear, pole vault
- jumping activitiesjump rope, pole vault, double dutch, high jump, long jump
- Old Gameschess, backgammon, checkers, draughts, mancala
- playful movementsfrolic, gambol, romp, caper, cavort
leapfrogfall behind
Fail to maintain pace
lag · trail · regress · lose ground · lag behind