Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
leapt off
French translation:
a bondi hors de
English term
"traduttore non traditore"!
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: Italian to French, English to French, French
leapt off
merci pour suggestions
| 4 +1 | a bondi hors de |
Sylvain Levasseur
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| 5 -1 | qui s'est échappé |
Samuel Clarisse
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| 4 | a sauté de |
Cyril Tollari
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| 4 -1 | a sauté du |
Véronique Martinaud
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| 3 -1 | d'un bond , s'est échappé / s'echappa |
Emmanuella
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Proposed translations
France
Précision et adaptabilité
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French
a bondi hors de
| neutral |
Samuel Clarisse
: Justement, c'est beaucoup trop littéral pour moi :)
27 mins
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| agree |
Daryo
: until further context becomes available, this is suitably vague enough // All we know so far is that this mechanic went out of this police station as quickly as possible, which doesn't necessarily mean he was "escaping".
1 day 1 hr
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France
Always keeping in mind the audience
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss, Canadian, Belgian, Luxembourgish)
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
qui s'est échappé
| merci |
| disagree |
Daryo
: we don't if this "mechanic" was not supposed to leave the police station - ways too much assumptions
1 day 3 hrs
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Italy
le plaisir de trouver le mot juste
Native in: French
Works in: Italian to French, English to French, French to Italian
d'un bond , s'est échappé / s'echappa
| merci |
| disagree |
Daryo
: we don't if this "mechanic" was not supposed to leave the police station - ways too much assumptions
23 hrs
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sans autre contexte !!! we don't if?
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France
Reliable & Experienced Engineer, EN>FR
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
a sauté de
Allez voir si le mécanicien qui a sauté du commissariat va bien.
Exemple d'usage
https://www.20minutes.fr/faits_divers/2214387-20180204-marse...
| merci |
| agree |
Debora Blake
: Oui. C'est tout à fait ça.
56 mins
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merci
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| disagree |
Daryo
: we don't if this "mechanic" was not supposed to leave the police station - ways too much assumptions
21 hrs
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Canada
Embedded Text Translation EN to FR
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French, English
a sauté du
| merci |
| disagree |
Daryo
: we don't if this "mechanic" was not supposed to leave the police station - ways too much assumptions
8 hrs
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Discussion
You need to give more context.
With what you have given so far - not much really - I can see TWO completely different but equally plausible scenarios. And probably more, if I scratch my imagination!
Never mind ground floor / first floor etc ..., are there any clues as to what was this "mechanic" doing in the police station?