leading off

1. 1.

   the act of enticing others into sinful ways

   Synonymsleading astray

   Broaderenticement

Questions about leading off

What does leading off mean?

leading off means "the act of enticing others into sinful ways".

What is another word for leading off?

Close synonyms include leading astray. 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 leading off a common word?

leading off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.