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Lead off

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lead off"

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WordDefinition
commenceverb(intransitive) To begin, start.
beginverb(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
startverbThe beginning of an activity.
lead astrayverb(transitive) To misguide or misdirect.
leadoff hitternoun(baseball) The first hitter in the batting order, who faces the first pitch of the game.
opening batsmannoun(cricket) The first batsman of an innings.
lineupnoun(sports) Collectively, the members of a team.
number onenoun(idiomatic) First; foremost; best, often used after its headword.
firstPreceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
hit batsmannoun(baseball) A batter who is hit by a pitched ball, and is awarded first base as a result.
starternounSomeone who starts, or who starts something.
openernounA person who opens something.
starting pitchernoun(baseball) A pitcher who is usually used to start a game; a member of a team's rotation. Compare relief pitcher.
cleanup hitternoun(baseball) the fourth batter in the batting order, usually a power hitter
batternoun(cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
singleNot accompanied by anything else; one in number.
batting ordernoun(cricket, baseball, softball) The sequence in which a side's batsmen go in to bat.
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
first basenoun(baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.
top ordernoun(cricket) The batsmen who bat in the first few positions.

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