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lead off

noun 4
verb 2
forms 5

noun4

•
The first batter in the batting order.
- Jones has been the team's lead off hitter for three years.
•
The first batter of an inning.
- The lead off hitter for the sixth inning is Jones.
The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.
The first item in a broadcast schedule.

verb2

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

forms

led off · leading off · leads off · lead offs · lead-offs

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