If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.

If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.

If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.

A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.

If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.

If you say that your heart leaps, you mean that you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise, fear, or happiness.

If you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.

You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.

If you take a leap in the dark or a leap into the unknown, you do something without having any previous experience in that activity or knowledge of it.