by leaps and bounds

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   very quickly; in large amounts

   Wouldn't that humiliate you? We could progress by leaps and bounds.

In the movies · 1

• Wouldn't that humiliate you? We could progress by leaps and bounds.Local Hero1983
• How's the lessons going? On, he’s growing by leaps and bounds.Unleashed2005
• And leap all civil bounds rather than make unprofitted returns.Twelfth Night2012

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing

From the same entry

• look before you leap
• jump to conclusions
• heart leaps
• leap at
• a leap in the dark