lead off

Questions about lead off

What does lead off mean?

lead off means "teach immoral behavior to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for lead off?

Close synonyms include lead astray, begin, start, commence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lead off a common word?

lead off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.