LEAD OFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does lead off mean?
• LEAD OFF (verb)
The verb LEAD OFF has 2 senses:
1. teach immoral behavior to
2. set in motion, cause to start
Familiarity information: LEAD OFF used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LEAD OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Teach immoral behavior to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
lead astray; lead off
Context example:
It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
Hypernyms (to "lead off" is one way to...):
corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Set in motion, cause to start
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
commence; lead off; start; begin
Context examples:
The U.S. started a war in the Middle East / The Iraqis began hostilities / begin a new chapter in your life
Cause:
begin; start (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lead off"):
jump-start; jumpstart (start or re-start vigorously)
recommence (cause to start anew)
inaugurate; introduce; usher in (be a precursor of)
set off (set in motion or cause to begin)
commence; embark on; start; start up (get off the ground)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
"Liquor before beer and you're in the clear. Beer before liquor and you'll never be sicker." (English proverb)
"Wise enemy is better than a foolish friend." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"He sold his vinyard and bought a squeezer." (Arabic proverb)
"If you own two houses, it's raining in one of them." (Corsican proverb)
