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HTML

<a href="#" class="transition">Transition (breaks cursor on hover)</a>
<a href="#">No transition (works if you didn't hover directly from the transition box)</a>

CSS

a {
    float: left;
    margin: 10px;
    display: block;
    width: 150px;
    height: 100px;
    border: 3px solid #666;
}
a:hover {
    -moz-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(0deg) skew(0deg, 0deg);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(0deg) skew(0deg, 0deg);
    -o-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(0deg) skew(0deg, 0deg);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.2) rotate(0deg) skew(0deg, 0deg);
    transform: scale(1.2) rotate(0deg) skew(0deg, 0deg);
}

a.transition {
    -webkit-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 200ms ease-in-out;