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If something leaps out at you, it is very noticeable and you notice it immediately.
Examples of use:
1. As I walked into the garden, the bright colours of the flowers leapt out at me.
2. His amazing resemblance to his father leaps out at everyone who meets them.
3. She walked into the room and her beauty and elegance leapt out at everyone there.
| infinitive |
leap out at |
| present simple |
leap out at and leaps out at |
| -ing form |
leaping out at |
| past simple |
leapt out at or leaped out at |
| past participle |
leapt out at or leaped out at |
Can you use this phrasal verb in a sentence?
Can you think of something that you have noticed immediately: something that has leapt out at you?
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About Angela Boothroyd
I looked at the puzzle for hours, but I couldn’t see a thing. Then suddenly the answer leapt out at me.
Clearly the answer was ‘tiger’ and it instantly reminded me of when a tiger leapt out at me from the forest floor deep in the jungles of Borneo.
I recall thinking at the time how amazing that was considering that no tiger had hitherto been seen in Borneo since the late Pleistocene and Holocene periods.
Thank you for your comment, David. As always, a very interesting and entertaining reply
It’s always difficult trying to encourage readers to have a go at creating sentences, so I really appreciate the time you’ve taken to add yours