1 A children's game in which a number of children bend down and another child jumps over them one at a time.2. Improve your position by going past other people quickly or by missing out some stages
A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former
a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over advancing as if in the game of leapfrog progress by large jumps instead of small increments jump across; "He leapfrogged his classmates
If one group of people leapfrogs into a particular position or leapfrogs someone else, they use the achievements of another person or group in order to make advances of their own. It is already obvious that all four American systems have leapfrogged over the European versions American researchers have now leapfrogged the Japanese and are going to produce a digital system within a year or two. a children's game in which someone bends over and someone else jumps over them (Because the jumping players look like frogs). leapfrogged leapfrogging to suddenly become better, more advanced etc than people or organizations that were previously better than you