leapfrogging
Hopping over someone
Leapfrogging is advancing by jumping over obstacles or intermediate stages.
Children leapfrog by vaulting over each other's bent backs.
The term extends to any bypassing of sequential steps: The startup leapfrogged established competitors by adopting newer technology.
Countries may leapfrog older infrastructure entirely, going straight to mobile phones without landlines.
In military use, leapfrogging describes alternating advances where units take turns moving past each other.
Avoiding by going around
- overtakingGetting ahead of another
- surpassingGoing beyond in quality
- outpacingExceeding another's speed
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
vaulting · accelerating · fast-tracking · shortcuts · disruption · breakthrough · innovation · transformation
Children's outdoor recreation space
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- childrenYoung human beings
- hoppingLeaping in succession
- crouchingBending low, knees bent
bending · backs · players · recess · childhood · playmates · stooping · tag
Basic physical systems
- solarOf the star
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- adoptionLegal family formation
- landlinesStationary wired telephones
smartphones · broadband · digitalization · modernization · catch-up · industrialization
At the sides of
- outmaneuveringDefeating through superior tactics
- bypassingAvoiding by going around
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- outflankingAttacking from the side
tactical · bounds · advancing · suppression · alternating · squad · infantry · positions
bypassing
Avoiding by going around
- overtakingGetting ahead of another
- surpassingGoing beyond in quality
- outpacingExceeding another's speed
skipping · vaulting · accelerating · fast-tracking · shortcuts · disruption · breakthrough · innovation · transformation · overtake
playground
Children's outdoor recreation space
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- childrenYoung human beings
- hoppingLeaping in succession
crouching · bending · backs · players · recess · childhood · playmates · stooping · tag · hopscotch
infrastructure
Basic physical systems
landlines · smartphones · broadband · digitalization · modernization · catch-up · industrialization
flanking
At the sides of
- outmaneuveringDefeating through superior tactics
- bypassingAvoiding by going around
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
outflanking · tactical · bounds · advancing · suppression · alternating · squad · infantry · positions · maneuver
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
- infantry tacticsfire and maneuver, flanking maneuver, battle drills, defensive positions, ambush tactics
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- phasing outphasing out, sunsetting, discontinuing, retiring, deprecating
leapfroggingfalling behind
lagging · regressing · stagnating · trailing · losing ground
leapfroggingstanding still
Absence of motion
staying put · crawling · incrementalism · inching · creeping
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