Synonyms of led off

led off

verb

past tense of lead off

as in began

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• began
• commenced
• started
• fell (to)
• got off
• opened
• set about
• embarked (on or upon)
• entered (into or upon)
• launched
• struck (into)
• got to
• kicked off
• got going
• created
• initiated
• generated
• organized
• adopted
• originated
• established
• invented
• inaugurated
• founded
• took on
• instituted
• took up
• spawned
• got around (to)
• pioneered
• set up
• got down (to)
• got round (to)
• innovated
• embraced
• fathered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• finished
• ended
• concluded
• laid off
• terminated
• stopped
• ceased
• completed
• halted
• discontinued
• left
• closed
• quit
• knocked off
• abandoned
• destroyed
• desisted
• abolished
• phased out
• demolished
• extinguished
• forsook
• exterminated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of led off

Alex Call led off the eighth with a double and scored on a two-out single by Kyle Tucker to cut the lead to one. —CBS News, 5 May 2026

Bo Bichette led off the bottom of the first with a home run against right-hander Zack Littell, and the Mets chased him from the game in the fourth inning. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026

Tucker led off that inning with a double to right-center, moved to third on a ground out, then scored on Dalton Rushing’s two-strike single to right. —Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026

Aranda led off against righty reliever Hunter Gaddis with a homer, his seventh of the season to boost his RBI total to 24, second most in the American League, and make the score 2-2. —Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

Neto led off the game with a hit. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026

Senior shortstop Cooper Page, who went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, led off with a seeing-eye single up the middle. —Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

Stanton led off the second with a towering shot to left, driving a 1-0 slider from Connelly Early (1-1) over the Green Monster for his third homer of the season and New York’s 19th in the last eight games. —ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

Newt Schroeder drove in the only run for Mineral Wells (14-9-2, 3-4) on a ground out in the fourth inning that plated Brogan Sims who had led off the inning with a single. —Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026