ALL meanings of lead on
lead on
L l - verb with object lead on to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike. 1
- verb with object lead on to conduct by holding and guiding: to lead a horse by a rope. 1
- verb with object lead on to influence or induce; cause: Subsequent events led him to reconsider his position. 1
- verb with object lead on to guide in direction, course, action, opinion, etc.; bring: You can lead her around to your point of view if you are persistent. 1
- verb with object lead on to conduct or bring (water, wire, etc.) in a particular course. 1
- verb with object lead on (of a road, passage, etc.) to serve to bring (a person) to a place: The first street on the left will lead you to Andrews Place. 1
- verb with object lead on to take or bring: The prisoners were led into the warden's office. 1
- verb with object lead on to command or direct (an army or other large organization): He led the Allied forces during the war. 1
- verb with object lead on to go at the head of or in advance of (a procession, list, body, etc.); proceed first in: The mayor will lead the parade. 1
- verb with object lead on to be superior to; have the advantage over: The first baseman leads his teammates in runs batted in. 1
- verb with object lead on to have top position or first place in: Iowa leads the nation in corn production. 1
- verb with object lead on to have the directing or principal part in: The minister will now lead us in prayer. He led a peace movement. 1
- verb with object lead on to act as leader of (an orchestra, band, etc.); conduct. 1
- verb with object lead on to go through or pass (time, life, etc.): to lead a full life. 1
- verb with object lead on Cards. to begin a round, game, etc., with (a card or suit specified). 1
- verb with object lead on to aim and fire a firearm or cannon ahead of (a moving target) in order to allow for the travel of the target while the bullet or shell is reaching it. 1
- verb with object lead on Football. to throw a lead pass to (an intended receiver): The quarterback led the left end. 1
- verb without object lead on to act as a guide; show the way: You lead and we'll follow. 1
- verb without object lead on to afford passage to a place: That path leads directly to the house. 1
- verb without object lead on to go first; be in advance: The band will lead and the troops will follow. 1
- verb without object lead on to result in; tend toward (usually followed by to): The incident led to his resignation. One remark often leads to another. 1
- verb without object lead on to take the directing or principal part. 1
- verb without object lead on to take the offensive: The contender led with a right to the body. 1
- verb without object lead on Cards. to make the first play. 1
- verb without object lead on to be led or submit to being led, as a horse: A properly trained horse will lead easily. 1
- verb without object lead on Baseball. (of a base runner) to leave a base before the delivery of a pitch in order to reach the next base more quickly (often followed by away). 1
- verb without object lead on lead back, to play (a card) from a suit that one's partner led. 1
- noun lead on the first or foremost place; position in advance of others: He took the lead in the race. 1
- noun lead on the extent of such an advance position: He had a lead of four lengths. 1
- noun lead on a person or thing that leads. 1
- noun lead on a leash. 1
- noun lead on a suggestion or piece of information that helps to direct or guide; tip; clue: I got a lead on a new job. The phone list provided some great sales leads. 1
- noun lead on a guide or indication of a road, course, method, etc., to follow. 1
- noun lead on precedence; example; leadership: They followed the lead of the capital in their fashions. 1
- noun lead on Theater. the principal part in a play. the person who plays it. 1
- noun lead on Cards. the act or right of playing first, as in a round. the card, suit, etc., so played. 1
- noun lead on Journalism. a short summary serving as an introduction to a news story, article, or other copy. the main and often most important news story. 1
- noun lead on Electricity. an often flexible and insulated single conductor, as a wire, used in connections between pieces of electric apparatus. 1
- noun lead on the act of taking the offensive. 1
- noun lead on Nautical. the direction of a rope, wire, or chain. Also called leader. any of various devices for guiding a running rope. 1
- noun lead on Naval Architecture. the distance between the center of lateral resistance and the center of effort of a sailing ship, usually expressed decimally as a fraction of the water-line length. 1
- noun lead on an open channel through a field of ice. 1
- noun lead on Mining. a lode. an auriferous deposit in an old riverbed. 1
- noun lead on the act of aiming a gun ahead of a moving target. 1
- noun lead on the distance ahead of a moving target that a gun must be aimed in order to score a direct hit. 1
- noun lead on Baseball. an act or instance of leading. 1
- noun lead on Manège. (of a horse at a canter or gallop) the foreleg that consistently extends beyond and strikes the ground ahead of the other foreleg: The horse is cantering on the left lead. 1
- adjective lead on most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant; lead designer. 1
- adjective lead on Football. (of a forward pass) thrown ahead of the intended receiver so as to allow him to catch it while running. 1
- adjective lead on Baseball. (of a base runner) nearest to scoring: They forced the lead runner at third base on an attempted sacrifice. 1