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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : leed
Phonetic Transcription : lid



Definition of lead out

Origin :
  • c.1300, "action of leading," from lead (v.1). Meaning "the front or leading place" is from 1560s. Johnson stigmatized it as "a low, despicable word." Sense in card-playing is from 1742; in theater, from 1831; in journalism, from 1912; in jazz bands, from 1934.
  • As in quick : adj fast, speedy
  • As in conduit : noun passage
Example sentences :
  • A curious collection, not of lead pencils, but of the lead out of lead pencils.
  • Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • A common instance of this is in the case of a lead out of turn.
  • Extract from : « The Laws of Euchre » by H. C. Leeds
  • For what nation did Xerxes not lead out of Asia against Hellas?
  • Extract from : « The History Of Herodotus » by Herodotus
  • I want you to tell me more about Australia and the life you lead out there, if you will.
  • Extract from : « A Bid for Fortune » by Guy Boothby
  • Why do you not lead out the criminal as your companions have done?
  • Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat
  • Here, hand one of those fishing-lines and a lead out of the locker, Lynton.
  • Extract from : « Old Gold » by George Manville Fenn
  • The Doctor was one of the first to lead out, with the hostess for a partner.
  • Extract from : « Twenty Years of Hus'ling » by J. P. Johnston
  • They fell to considering the various roads which lead out of the town.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Lynn » by Walter Besant
  • And after that we turned about to the way that does lead out of the forest.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Opal » by Opal Whiteley
  • Here Malony, lead out one of these horses, and I will take the other.'
  • Extract from : « I've Been Thinking; » by Azel Stevens Roe

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