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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost leaped" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a near-action or an intention to jump or spring into action that was not fully realized.
Example: "He almost leaped off the ledge when he heard the sudden noise behind him."
Alternatives: "nearly jumped" or "was about to leap".
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(When Jane interjects, "We didn't talk about health care," I almost leaped from my chair to forbid it).
Get down! " and, grabbing Johnson's right shoulder, yanked him roughly down toward the floor in the center of the car, as he almost leaped over the front seat, and threw his body over the Vice-President, shouting again, "Get down!
Rufus Youngblood, the Secret Service agent in the vice president's car, grabbed "Johnson's right shoulder, yanked him roughly down toward the floor in the center of the car, as he almost leaped over the front seat, and threw his body over the vice president, shouting again, 'Get down!
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"Murder?!" Mac asks, almost leaping from his chair.
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So he asked the artists to enlarge them to the point that they were almost leaping off the page.
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While the careful balance of the composition is steeped in tradition, the picture is strikingly modern: The figure of the boy almost leaps out of the frame.
The combination of angles, planes and kinds of perspective in the central area is so complex that the shapes appear three-dimensional, almost leaping off the canvas.
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