offlead
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[edit]offlead(third-person singular simple presentoffleads,present participleoffleading,simple past and past participleoffled)
- (transitive)To lead off or away.
- 1970,American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers,Preprints - Offshore Technology Conference:
- In Jan., 1963, the m/v Diversity, inbound from a drill rig after attempting tooffleaddrill mud, capsized in heavy weather.
- 1989December 28,Billboard:
- Sevenoaks adds: "In just one month, we've been approached by 50 dealers anxious tooffleadtheir prerecorded videocassettes, "[…]