lead off

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.

   The kitchen and the lounge lead off from the hallway.

2. To be the first batter of an inning.

   Jones led off the inning with a home run.

   Jones is leading off an inning for the third time in the game.

3. (broadly)To be the first of any set, especially the first person in a group to speak; to launch or begin something by speaking.

1. He led his troops off their ships.

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2. Faint footprints in the dust lead off to the east.

   ruСлабые следы в пыли ведут на восток. — corvard

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3. Sami tried to lead Farid off the property.

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4. You cannot key in numbers because the NumLock LED is off.

   deDu kannst keine Zahlen eingeben, weil die NumLock LED ausgeschaltet ist. — Esperantostern

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irregular · Lesson

• lead offпочати, починатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, off.
• lead outпровести, вестиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, out.
• lead onобманути, обманюватиTo mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.
• lead toзробити, робитиTo be a cause of.
• lead inUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, in.
• lead throughTo take turns leading an expedition.