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leadoff
[ leed-awf, -of ]
noun
- an act that starts something; start; beginning.
- Baseball. the player who is first in the batting order or who is first to bat for a team in an inning.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of leadoff1
First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase lead off
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Example Sentences
I batted leadoff all through the minor leagues until I got to the big leagues and got stronger.
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Linquist, the Colonials’ catcher and leadoff hitter, scored the winning run in the ninth inning of Saturday’s first game against Dayton to force a winner-take-all showdown.
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Corbin surrendered a leadoff double in the first to Andrew McCutchen, who came around to score on a double-steal.
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He hit leadoff batter Tommy Edman with a fastball, yielded an infield single and walked Paul DeJong to put three on in the first, when the temperature was a misleading 53 degrees.
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The key then was whether Robles could be an effective leadoff hitter.
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