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See definition of leading off on Dictionary.com
  • as inintroduce
  • as inbreak the ice
  • as incommence
  • as inenter

synonyms for leading off

  • announce
  • offer
  • open
  • propose
  • recommend
  • submit
  • suggest
  • acquaint
  • advance
  • air
  • broach
  • familiarize
  • harbinger
  • herald
  • moot
  • originate
  • precede
  • preface
  • usher
  • ventilate
  • bring out
  • bring up
  • come out with
  • do the honors
  • fix up
  • get things rolling
  • get-together
  • give introduction
  • kick off
  • knock down
  • lead into
  • lead off
  • open up
  • pave the way
  • put forward
  • set forth
  • spring with
  • start ball rolling
On this page you'll find 139 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to leading off, such as: announce, offer, open, propose, recommend, and submit.

antonyms for leading off

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  • conceal
  • deny
  • dissuade
  • hide
  • refuse
  • withhold
  • close
  • close up
  • end
  • finish
  • erase
  • extract
  • subtract
  • take away
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    How to use leading off in a sentence

    The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
    TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMAN
    A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
    THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
    She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
    HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
    So everybody began looking for the appearance of his story in all the leading magazines.
    THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
    Louis was too much appalled by the two leading charges, to shew any surprise at the third.
    THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
    But Perpignan being at the end of everywhere and leading nowhere attracts very few visitors.
    THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
    Here was a melodramatic scene in which he not only was not playing a leading part, but did not even carry a banner.
    THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
    The economists and the leading thinkers of the nineteenth century were in no doubt about this question.
    THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
    Now, a different plan it might have been; but one leading to a more satisfactory result, I must take the liberty to deny.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
    As Farrar rode slowly down the mountain, leading his recovered horse, he revolved in his thoughts what course to pursue.
    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
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    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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