lead off

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement Synonyms of lead off commence, embark (on or upon), enter (into or upon), fall (to), get off, kick off, launch, begin, open, start, strike (into)Words Related to lead off create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate; adopt, embrace, take on, take up; establish, father, found, institute, organize, pioneer, set up, spawn; get around (to), get down (to), get round (to)Near Antonyms of lead off cease, desist, discontinue, halt, knock off, lay off, quit, stop; close, complete; abandon, forsake, leave; abolish, demolish, destroy, exterminate, extinguish, phase outAntonyms of lead off conclude, end, finish, terminate