| LEA | an abrupt transition |
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| LEA | a sudden and decisive increase |
| LEA | pass abruptly from one state or topic to another |
| LEA | move forward by leaps and bounds |
| LEA | cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal |
| LEA | the name of the day that is added during a leap year |
| LEA | jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone) |
| LEA | be highly noticeable |
| LEA | a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation |
| LEA | in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400 |
| LEA | an athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball) |
| LEA | one child bends down and another leaps over |