Lead Off

Definition: Lead Off

Lead Off

Verb

1. Teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach 'em bad habits.".

2. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Lead Off

Beginning

Usher in; lead off, lead the way; take the lead, take the initiative; head; stand at the head, stand first, stand for; lay the foundations; (prepare); found; (cause); set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion; apply the match to a train; broach; open up, open the door to.

Crosswords: Lead Off

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Expression using "lead off": to lead off. Additional references.

Albanian

largoj (avert, avoid, brush away, brush off, call off, cast out, despatch, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, dispel, divert, eliminate, estrange, freeze out, keep away, keep off, lift out, pack off, push aside, push away, push off, put off, relegate, remove, seclude, stave off, take away, turn, wean, whiffle), që fillon, nis (begin, break, bring, commence, despatch, dispatch, enter, enter on, get, get round, initiate, open, originate, rise, send, send on, start, take up), filloj (begin, come, commence, develop, embark, enter, fall into, fall on, fall to, get, get down, initiate, open, originate, rise, set about, set in, set to, set up, start, strike up), fillim (beginning, breaking, coming-in, commencement, cradle, dawn, inception, incipience, initiation, offset, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, prime, rise, river head, seed, send off, set out, start, term), çoj (bring, conduce, deliver, drive, drop, give a lift, haul, haze, lead, lead up to, lift, pass, post, raise, rear, route, send, take off, take place, waft). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إستهل (begin, commence, initialize, institute, launch, open, preface, set, start, strike up), ‏بدأ (begin, begin on smth., commence, fall to, incept, initialize, initiate, institute, launch, lead, proceed, set, set about, set in, start, start off, tackle, take, take in, tee). (various references)

Bulgarian 

откриване (detection, discovery, explication, finding, opening, revelation), откривам (bare, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, espy, expose, find, find out, inaugurate, initiate, lay bare, lay open, locate, open, pick out, pry out, recover, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, spot, strike, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil), отвеждам (carry, carry off, derive, get away, lead, offset, pipe, sluice, take, take off, walk away), начало (abc, basis, beginning, dawn, debut, forepart, genesis, inception, incipience, infancy, initiation, kick off, offset, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, prime, principle, proem, rise, rudiment, set out, source, start), започвам (begin, come in, commence, enter, enter on, fall to, get under way, handsel, initiate, institute, jump off, kick off, lead, open, preface, premise, roll, set in, set out on, set up, settle in, start off, start up, take off, tee off, teethe, trigger), първи удар, играч който започва играта. (various references)

Czech

zahájit (begin, commence, go off, handsel, inaugurate, Initialize, initiate, introduce, launch, preface, start), poèátek (beginning, inception, incipience, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, prime, rise, set out), odvést (carry off, divert, drain away, pay, take away, walk off, walk off with). (various references)

Finnish

aloittaa (begin, begin start, commence, initiate, lead, set up, start). (various references)

French

entamer (lead), débuter, commencer. (various references)

German

abgehen (abort, be deducted, be dispatched, come away, come off, depart, digress, exit, go off, jump down, leave, make a draft, pace out, part, pass out, patrol, rub off, sail, shift, wear off), abführen (discharge, draw off, evacuate one's bowels, lead away, open, purge, take away, to lead away). (various references)

Hungarian

megnyitás (inauguration, tapping), kezdet (beginning, commencement, conception, dawn, debut, first, inception, incipience, initiation, initiative, onset, origin, outset, parent, prime, rudiment, setout, start), elvisz (carry away, carry off, take away, to bring round, to carry, to carry away, to check out, to take away, to take off, to take out, to take over), belekezd (commence, fall to, strike up, to engage in, to enter into, to incept, to inchoate, to strike up), belefog (commence, go away, -taken, to pipe up, to undertake, -took, undertake). (various references)

Italian

attaccare (adherence, affix, annex, append, assail, assault, attach, attack, become attached, begin, bind, catch on, cling, connect, engage, fasten, fix, foist, glue, hang, hitch, infect, link, pass on, pin, pitch into, plug in, put up, stick, stick in, strike, strike up, tie). (various references)

Manx

toshiaghey (begin, commence, initiate, no entry, set forth, set in, start, starting), leeideil ersooyl (abduct, abduction, lead away). (various references)

Pig Latin

eadlay offay

Portuguese

principiar (begin, initiate), introduzir (adhibit, immigrate, induct, initiate, inject, insert, insinuate, introduce, intrude, let in, marshal, obtrude, prelude, put in, thrust), iniciar (begin, commence, handsel, induct, initiate, introduce, launch, open, originate, set off, set to, start, strike up), ensinar (coach, discipline, drill, educate, indoctrinate, initiate, instruct, manage, school, tame, teach, train), começar (begin, come on, commence, get around, go, kick off, open, originate, set in, set off, set to, start, strike up, tee off), admitir (accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, allow, assume, avow, concede, confess, grant, let in, receive, take in). (various references)

Romanian

primã loviturã, deschide (break away, broach, commence, crack, cut, indict, lead, let in, open, open up, start, uncork, unfasten, unfold, unlock, unseal, unstop), început (beginning, commencement, dawn, dayspring, entrance, first, germ, go off, head, head line, inchoation, morning, opening, outset, setting in, source, spring, start, starter, starting), începe (begin, commence, develop, enter upon, go into the army, go on, initiate, it starts, lead out, open, preface, set, set forth, set off, start). (various references)

Russian 

открывать (abroach, dedicate, detect, discover, open, open up, reveal, turn on, uncap, unclose, uncover, undraw, unfold, unkennel, unlock, unshutter, unveil). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

početi (begin, commence, open, set in, set on, start). (various references)

Spanish

llevar fuera (lead away, lead out, take out), iniciar (boot, come on, enter into, initialize, initiate, launch, light, log in, log on, open, pioneer, start, strike up, take to, take up), abrir algo, abrir el juego, comenzar (begin, come on, commence, dawn, enter on, inchoate, initiate, institute, kick off, launch, light, open, open up, start, start up, starting, take to, take up, turn to), conducir a otra parte (lead away), dar comienzo (initiate, take up), dar inicio (take up), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, cede, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, leave, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield), empezar (begin, break, broach, come on, commence, enter on, get, inchoate, initiate, institute, kick off, launch, open, open up, set in, start, start off, start the ball rolling, take up), salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), ir fuera (get away, lead away), mandar fuera (lead away), marchar fuera (lead away), poner comienzo, poner inicio, quedar (abide, agree, be situated, come off, come up, drop, fall on, fall upon, jack in, keep, leave, leave off, leave over, let into, line out, meet, remain, rest, stay, stick around, take away, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, trail, trim away, trim off, weaken, wind), dirigir fuera (lead away). (various references)

Swedish

inleda (commence, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, open, strike up, usher in), föra bort (carry away, lead away, take away), börja (begin, come on, come up, commence, enter upon, fall to, go ahead, initiate, introduce, kick off, open, set in, settle down to, start). (various references)

Turkish

yol göstermek (beacon, direct, front, give smb. a lead, give smb. the wall, guide, lead, lead the way, pilot, prevent, Shepherd), başlatmak (begin, commence, get going, give a start, induct, initiate, institute, launch, lead away, open, open the ball, set off, start, stir up, trigger), başlangıç (approach, beginning, big bang, commencement, commencing, cradle, dawn, departure, doorway, early, elementary, exordium, first, go off, inception, incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, introduction, morning, off, onset, origin, outset, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prime, proem, prolog, prologue, push off, setout, start, starting, take off, toe-hold). (various references)

Ukrainian

відхиляти (avert, challenge, divert, ignore, negative, non-concur, override, reject, repel, repudiate, ride over, swerve, turn aside), починати (begin, break, commence, embark, enter into, enter on, enter upon, initiate, institute, launch, open, prelude, quicken, set off, start, strike up, tee off, tee up, undertake). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: leadoff.

-1 letter: foaled, loafed.

-2 letters: offal, offed.

-3 letters: alef, aloe, daff, dale, deaf, deal, delf, doff, dole, fade, fado, feal, feod, flea, fled, floe, foal, fold, lade, lead, leaf, load, loaf, lode, odea, olea.

-4 letters: ado, aff, ale, dal, del, doe, dol, eff, eld, elf, fad, fed, foe, lad, lea, led, oaf, ode, off, old, ole.

+1 letter: leadoffs.

+2 letters: buffaloed, fanfolded, offloaded.

+3 letters: affordable, flatfooted, scaffolded.

+4 letters: footfaulted, offhandedly.

+5 letters: flameproofed, shuffleboard, unaffordable.