lead off (English, verb)
expansion: lead off (third-person singular simple present leads off, present participle leading off, simple past and past participle led off)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To be the first batter of an inning.
glosses: 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
Forms:
form: leads off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: leading off
tags: participle
present
form: led off
tags: participle
past
form: led off
tags: past