leap out at sb
— phrasal verb with leap uk/liːp/us/liːp/verb [ I + adv/prep ] leaped or leapt, leaped or leapt
If something leaps out at you, you notice it immediately:
As I turned the page his picture leapt out at me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Apparent and obvious
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose on your face idiom
- be (right) under your nose idiom
- be etched somewhere idiom
- be writ large idiom
- linear
- loud
- loud and clear idiom
- manifest
- manifestly
- marked
- naked
- nose
- recognizable
- self-evident
- shine
- shine out
- shine through
- speaks for itself idiom
- stark
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