To spring to one's seat upon a horse, into the saddle. Often with up. Also, †to leap on, †to leap to horse.

transitive. To leap over or across; to leap beyond or further than. Frequently figurative: to exceed, go beyond, transcend.

transitive. To leap or get clear over (a ditch or other obstacle). Cf. clear, v. 17a. Obsolete.

transitive. To jump over (a thing). Now chiefly figurative: to transcend, overleap. Also (occasionally) intransitive.

To pass clear over by a leap; to leap or spring over; to clear. In the game of draughts, To jump over in moving, to take (an opposing man). U.S.

transitive. To leap or hasten ahead of. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To leap or spring lightly, or vault over. to fly the garter: see fly-the-garter, n.

To get or leap over the top of, to surmount.

To bound, to leap; to move suddenly, to dash. transitive. To leap over (a distance).

To leap clear over; to pass over (a distance).

transitive. To leap over, overcome.

transitive. To jump or fly over; to clear, vault. Now rare (English regional and U.S. regional in later use).

transitive. To spring or leap over. Also figurative: to surmount or surpass.

intransitive and transitive. To leap or vault as at leap-frog.

transitive. To get over, surmount, by vaulting.