How to pronounce “lead off”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (baseball) The first batter in the batting order.
• (baseball) The first batter of an inning.
• (baseball) The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.
• (broadcasting) The first item in a broadcast schedule.
• [Verb]
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead,‎ off.
• (baseball) To be the first batter of an inning.
• (by extension) To be the first of any set, especially the first person in a group to speak; to launch or begin something by speaking.

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