leapfrogged

verb

  1. 1

    To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.

  2. 2

    To overtake.

    This new product will leapfrog the competition.
  3. 3

    To progress.

  4. 4

    Of a case: to appeal or allow to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.

  5. 5

    To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.

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