giant leap

collocation in English

meaningsofgiantandleap

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giant
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/us
/ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/
extremely ...
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leap
noun[C]
uk
/liːp/us
/liːp/
a big change, increase, ...
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(Definition ofgiantandleapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What has been perceived as agiantleap, was in reality only a small step.
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Dealing with this uncertainty will perhaps require instead a large amount of trust in the other parties, and agiantleapof faith.
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You seem to be happy with taking very small steps, but what we need is agiantleapforward.
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My noble friend wishes to take agiantleap.
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Sustainable development is not agiantleapto a known destination.
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It is not agiantleapforward, but an essential and practical step towards a civilised solution.
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We can make all sorts of pious declarations but agiantleapwill be required if there is not the will to enforce them.
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It will be agiantleapforward from the current control system for chemicals, which is roughly 40 years old.
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There has been agiantleapin mortgage rates.
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It is agiantleapinto the unknown, is it not?
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Are they any more than agiantleapback to 1948?
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Two years ago we began debating two items of legislation which were intended to enable agiantleapin the quality of our cooperation.
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Are not the proposals a small step for democracy and agiantleapfor complacency?
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I will be urging it to adopt such a position as this directive is not a first step in the right direction, but in fact agiantleapbackwards.
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To describe the reprocessing industry as "environmentally pure" is agiantleapaway from the opinion that has been held by most people and by that very industry.
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Instead, it has concentrated on building trust and confidence by means of a number of important steps forward—rather than waiting for onegiantleapthat might never be made.
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Instead, it has concentrated on building trust and confidence by means of a number of important steps forward rather than waiting for onegiantleapthat might never be made.
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The fact that all pupils from five to 14 will study art and music within a structured framework is in itself agiantleapforward for arts education.
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That represents agiantleapinto untried and untested waters, which are fraught with dangers and from which, once this course has been taken, there is no going back.
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I believe that my amendment is just one step forward: it is not thegiantleapthat we may be ordered to take at some stage.
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