leapfrogs
Bounds past others
Leapfrogs is the third-person singular of leapfrog, a children's game where players vault over each other's bent backs.
The verb extends to any bypassing or leap ahead: The company leapfrogged its competitors with new technology.
Military forces leapfrog when units advance past each other in alternating bounds.
To deliberately exclude
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- fast-trackAccelerate a process
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
vault · promotion · breakthrough · rapid rise · catapult · springboard
skip
To deliberately exclude
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- fast-trackAccelerate a process
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
bypass · vault · promotion · breakthrough · rapid rise · catapult · springboard
overtake
Pass while moving faster
outstrip · vault · skip over · outmaneuver · outdo · eclipse · transcend · outperform · pass · edge out
hop
Small, quick jump
vault · playground · recess · schoolyard · children · bound · spring · piggyback · tag · hopscotch