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lead off

noun lead offs

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

verb leads off · leading off · led 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.
  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.

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@misc{lead_off_2026,
  title = {lead off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lead%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}