Leapfrogged

verb

1. To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
2. To overtake.

   "This new product will leapfrog the competition."

3. To progress.
4. Of a case: to appeal or allow to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
5. To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.