lead off

lead off
verb
1. teach immoral behavior to (Freq. 1)
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It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits

• Syn: ↑lead astray
• Hypernyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

2. set in motion, cause to start
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The U.S. started a war in the Middle East

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The Iraqis began hostilities

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begin a new chapter in your life

• Syn: ↑begin, ↑start, ↑commence
• Ant: ↑end (for: ↑begin)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑commencement (for: ↑commence), ↑start (for: ↑start), ↑beginner (for: ↑begin), ↑beginning (for: ↑begin)
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Group: ↑begin
• Cause: ↑begin, ↑start
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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\(ˈ)lē|dȯf, -däf\ transitive verb
: to make a start on : open

led off his comments by describing details of the attack — New York Times

able to lead off another offensive — H.L.Merillat

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lead off
To begin or take the start in anything
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Main Entry: ↑lead

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ˌlead ˈoff [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they lead off he/she/it leads off present participle leading off past tense led off past participle led off] phrasal verb
to begin something by doing or saying something

The Prime Minister had invited the President to lead off the press conference.

lead off with:

She led off the afternoon with questions from the audience.

Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym
Main entry: lead

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1) start

the newsletter leads off with a report on tax bills

■ Baseball bat first in a game or inning
2) (of a door, room, or path) provide access away from a central space

a farm track led off to the left

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lead off [phrasal verb]
lead off or lead (something) off or lead off (something)
1 : to start something (such as an activity or performance) in a specified way

She led off [=started, kicked off] the presentation with a brief overview of the project.

She led off [=began] with a brief overview of the project.

2 baseball : to be the first batter in an inning

He led off with a walk. [=he was the first batter in his team's half of the inning and he was walked]

He led off the inning with a home run.

— see also ↑leadoff
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Main Entry: ↑lead

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ˌlead ˈoff | ˌlead sthˈoff derived
to start sth

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Who would like to lead off the debate?

Main entry: ↑leadderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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