leap

leap
leap
A n
1 lit, gen saut m, bond m ; Sport saut m ; to take a leap sauter, faire un saut ; in ou at one leap d'un bond ;
2 fig (big step) bond m (en avant) ; a great leap forward in sth un grand bond en avant en qch ; to make the leap from journalist to novelist faire le saut du journalisme au roman ; it requires a leap of the imagination cela réclame un grand effort d'imagination ; ‘a giant leap for mankind’ ‘un pas de géant pour l'humanité’ ;
3 (in price, demand) bond m (in dans).
B vtr (prét, pp leapt, leaped)
1 (jump over) franchir [qch] d'un bond [hedge, chasm] ;
2 [person] to leap three metres sauter trois mètres ;
3 [rider] faire sauter [horse] (over au dessus de).
C vi (prét, pp leapt, leaped)
1 [person, animal] bondir, sauter ; to leap out of the bath/to the phone/to one's feet bondir or sauter hors de son bain/sur le téléphone/sur ses pieds ; to leap across ou over sth franchir qch d'un bond ; to leap out of bed sauter du lit ; to leap to safety sauter pour sauver sa vie ; to leap up the stairs monter l'escalier quatre à quatre ; to leap to sb's defence fig bondir au secours de qn ;
2 fig [heart] bondir (with de) ; her mind leaped back to her childhood son enfance lui est revenue brutalement à l'esprit ; the narrative leaps forward to 1950 le récit saute à 1950 ; the words leaped off the page at him les mots lui ont sauté aux yeux ;
3 [price, profit, charge, stock market] grimper (by de).
Idioms
look before you leap Prov il faut réfléchir avant d'agir ; to come on in leaps and bounds faire des progrès à pas de géant.
Phrasal verbs
leap around, leap about sautiller.
leap at fig :
leap at [sth] bondir sur [chance, offer].
leap in fig (with answer, retort) se lancer.
leap out lit surgir d'un bond (from behind de derrière) ;
leap out at [sb]
1 surgir en bondissant sur [passer-by] ;
2 fig (be obvious) sauter aux yeux de [reader, onlooker].
leap up
1 (jump to one's feet) bondir sur ses pieds ; to leap up at sb [dog] bondir sur qn ;
2 (rise) [price, rate] grimper.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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