"lead off" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lead offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lead off (plural lead offs)
  1. (baseball) The first batter in the batting order. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-lead_off-en-noun-xofogkW1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 13 13 2 12 13 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 40 10 10 6 10 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 12 13 3 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 11 11 3 10 15 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (baseball) The first batter of an inning. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-lead_off-en-noun-pfzGGVjr Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (baseball) The short distance that a player stands away from their current base. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-lead_off-en-noun-EXxtw0K3 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Forms: leads off [present, singular, third-person], leading off [participle, present], led off [participle, past], led off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lead<,,led> off}} lead off (third-person singular simple present leads off, present participle leading off, simple past and past participle led off)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.
    Sense id: en-lead_off-en-verb--tcfQSph
  2. (baseball) To be the first batter of an inning. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-lead_off-en-verb-cuwX5x7A Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (by extension) To be the first of any set, especially the first person in a group to speak; to launch or begin something by speaking. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-lead_off-en-verb-yBrs3SUz

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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