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

synonyms for leads 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

antonyms for leads 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 leads off in a sentence

    In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
    TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMAN
    Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
    WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT
    A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
    THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
    A leader of soldiers has a right to know something at least of the enterprise upon which he leads them.
    ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
    The girl, without saying a word, takes her by the cold hand, and leads her quickly down to the arch that opens on the hall.
    CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Phœbe pushed Alice's hand in the direction of the passage that leads to the housekeeper's room.
    CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    But for once—this once—for the white road over the flat and up the hillside leads to the light!
    THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
    It was broad daylight still, but gloomy there: the window had the pleasure of reposing under the leads, and was gloomy at noon.
    ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD
    It frequently leads to a player upsetting his Pedal combination when he has no desire to do so.
    THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDINGGEORGE LAING MILLER
    Maurault says that the Abenakis called this river Kanibesek, meaning "river that leads to the lake."
    THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
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