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Lead off

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The first batter in the batting order.

    "Jones has been the team's lead off hitter for three years."

  2. 2
    The first batter of an inning.

    "The lead off hitter for the sixth inning is Jones."

  3. 3
    The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.
  4. 4
    The first item in a broadcast schedule.
Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.

    "The kitchen and the lounge lead off from the hallway."

  2. 2
    set in motion, cause to start wordnet
  3. 3
    To be the first batter of an inning.

    "Jones led off the inning with a home run."

  4. 4
    teach immoral behavior to wordnet
  5. 5
    To be the first of any set, especially the first person in a group to speak; to launch or begin something by speaking. broadly

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