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Synonyms for lead off
lead off
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Princeton's WordNet
lead off, lead astrayverb
teach immoral behavior to
"It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"
Synonyms:
begin, misdirect, deceive, misguide, lead astray, betray, mislead, start, commencebegin, lead off, start, commenceverb
set in motion, cause to start
"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
Synonyms:
go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, protrude, commence, bulge out, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, lead astray, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump
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lead off
Synonyms:
begin, take the lead
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#123 | go | |
#207 | part | |
#474 | start | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1805 | begin | |
#1861 | jump | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10803 | initiate | |
#15418 | commence | |
#21569 | originate | |
#28274 | bulge | |
#30329 | deceive | |
#34065 | mislead | |
#37100 | betray | |
#68351 | startle | |
#84682 | protrude | |
#145312 | misguide | |
#232391 | misdirect |
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After the first-inning run, Woodruff allowed a pair of third-inning singles in six innings, striking out 10 and walking two. Edman generated a run for The Cardinals in the first. He worked a nine-pitch walk to lead off, stole second, took third on a groundout and scored on Tyler O’Neill’s sacrifice fly. The Cardinals made The Cardinals 2-0 in the eighth when pinch-hitter Lars Nootbaar walked with one out, stole second and scored on Edman’s second hit of the game. ’ The Cardinals’s impressive, they know they have to continue to win to get to the postseason. They’ve been playing really good ball. They’re doing the little things and I think that’s why they’ve been so good right now. Jake Woodford -LRB- 3-3 -RRB-’ve to give credit to them.
Translations for lead off
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- رهبری کردنPersian
- dẫn điVietnamese
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