English Explanatory Dictionary

lead off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The first batter in the batting order.
  2. The first batter of an inning.
  3. The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.
  4. The first item in a broadcast schedule.
verb
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.
  2. To be the first batter of an inning.
  3. To be the first of any set, especially the first person in a group to speak; to launch or begin something by speaking.

Word forms

lead off lead offs leads off leading off led off
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