Meaning of by leaps and bounds in English
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by leaps and bounds
And it has grown by leaps and bounds.
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The literature on nationalism, nations and nation-states has grown by leaps and bounds over the last two decades.
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I visited it just the other day, and it is going up by leaps and bounds.
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It is going up by leaps and bounds.
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I do not expect for a single moment that progress will be by leaps and bounds.
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The consumption and use of water is going up by leaps and bounds.
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They demanded that there should be strict limitation of prices and that the cost of living should not go up by leaps and bounds.
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Wages were growing by leaps and bounds too!
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Output has already risen by leaps and bounds as a result of this sudden improvement in technical efficiency.
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That is the sort of thing that is causing the cost of living to go up by leaps and bounds and is producing dissatisfaction everywhere.
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The result has been that the rents of factories and workshops have been going up by leaps and bounds.
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Food costs in this country will go up by leaps and bounds.
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My credit will be going up by leaps and bounds.
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As the project has lurched inevitably from one calamity to another, the case for planning has grown by leaps and bounds.
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At the present time the expenditure to be faced by ratepayers is mounting by leaps and bounds.
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