leading off

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Noun

leading off - the act of enticing others into sinful ways

leading astray

enticement, temptation - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"

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He had a little shop in one of the by-ways leading off the road to Warwick.

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And so saying, he moved along the windlass, here and there using his leg very freely, while imperturbable Bildad kept leading off with his psalmody.

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There his body remained when the battle was over, and the victors were leading off the horses.

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"Ah, Monsieur Mazarin, Monsieur Mazarin," said Rochefort, leading off his curate, who had not found an opportunity of uttering a single word during the foregoing dialogue, "you will see whether I am too old to be a man of action."

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Hey, by jingo, there's the young Squire leading off now, wi' Miss Nancy for partners!

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Contreras announced his presence with a booming home run to left-center field leading off the bottom of the second inning and giving the Cubs a 1-0 lead on the way to a 6-1 victory.