'lead off' definitions:

Definition of 'lead off'

verb

Teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" [syn: lead off, lead astray]

verb

Set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, start, commence] [ant: end, terminate]

Synonyms of 'lead off'

From: Moby Thesaurus

antecede,
break ground,
break the ice,
come before,
come first,
commence,
create,
embark,
enter,
front,
go ahead of,
go before,
go in advance,
have priority,
head,
head the table,
head up,
inaugurate,
initiate,
invent,
kick off,
launch,
lead,
lead the way,
open,
originate,
outrank,
pioneer,
precede,
rank,
rate,
set to,
stand first,
start,
take precedence,
take the initiative,
take the lead,
take the plunge,
usher in

Words containing 'lead off'

Lead,
Leaded,
Leading,
Leadingly,
To lead off,
To lead out,
in the lead,
lead on,
lead to,
lead up,
leading off,
Black lead,
Coasting lead,
Corroding lead,
Hand lead,
Horn lead,
Kremnitz lead,
Krems lead,
Lead Hill,
Lead angle,
Lead arming,
Lead colic,
Lead color,
Lead glance,
Lead line,
Lead mill,
Lead ocher,
Lead pencil,
Lead plant,
Lead protoxide,
Lead screw,
Lead soap,
Lead tree,
Lead, SD,
Leading case,
Leading edge,
Leading motive,
Leading note,
Leading question,
Leading strings,
Leading wheel,
Milled lead,
Mock lead,
Pencil lead,
Pot lead,
Red lead,
Sounding lead,
Sponge lead,
Spongy lead,
Sugar of lead,
To arm the lead,
To be in leading strings,
To cast the lead,
To heave the lead,
To lead astray,
To lead by the nose,
To lead captive,
To lead the way,
To return a lead,
To strike a lead,
White lead,
antimonial lead,
clip lead,
hard lead,
jumper lead,
lead acetate,
lead arsenate,
lead astray,
lead bank,
lead by the nose,
lead carbonate,
lead chromate,
lead glass,
lead item,
lead of the ignition,
lead ore,
lead orthoplumbate,
lead oxide,
lead plaster,
lead poisoning,
lead sheet,
lead story,
lead tetraethyl,
lead tetroxide,
lead the way,
lead time,
lead-in,
leaded bronze,
leaded gasoline,
leaded petrol,
leading astray,
leading indicator,
leading lady,
leading light,
leading man,
leading rein,
leading tone,
negative lead,
pig lead,
tetraethyl lead,
Green lead ore,
Lead Hill, AR,
Red lead ore,
South Lead Hill,
To lead one a dance,
Yellow lead ore,
black-lead,
lead oxide yellow,
lead-colored,
lead-coloured,
lead-free,
white lead ore,
Deep-sea lead,
Red-lead ore,
South Lead Hill, AR,
lead-acid accumulator,
lead-acid battery,
red-lead putty