单词 | to lead the way |
释义 | > as lemmasto lead the way e. to lead the way: †(a) with personal object, to guide, show the way to (obsolete); (b) in later use (influenced by sense 13), to go in advance of others, take the lead in an expedition or course of action. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > be first in the chase to lead the wayc1175 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > lead back teachc893 forleadOE to lead the wayc1175 kenc1200 dressc1330 lerec1330 guy1362 guidec1374 reduce?a1425 tell1485 way lead1485 arrect1530 reconduct1566 reduct1580 society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > guide, lead, or show the way [verb (intransitive)] kenc1200 lead1509 to lead the waya1593 usher1612 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go first or in front [verb (intransitive)] foregoc825 to go beforec1225 preamble1402 to beat a path1589 to lead the waya1593 preambulate1598 anteambulate1623 antecede1628 to lead the van1697 to take the (or a) lead1768 lead1798 to lead off1806 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > lead the way to begin, lead the dancec1325 to lead (also rule) the ringa1450 to lead (bear, have) the vana1661 pioneer1780 to take up the running1825 blaze1841 to lead the way1874 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3465 & teȝȝre steorrne wass wiþþ hemm To ledenn hemm þe weȝȝe. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 203 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 35 Þe quhilkis ledand hym þe way, praide hym [etc.]. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. E Lead on the way. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. H3v Lead thou the way, and let me hold by thee. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iv. 72 Lead the way Lords. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 The first to lead the Way, to tempt the Flood. View more context for this quotation 1709 M. Prior Ode to Col. Villiers in Poems (1905) 122 And in their various Turns the Sons must tread Those gloomy Journeys, which their Sires have led. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 170 He..allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland ii. 22 Dora..led the way..in an opposite direction. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. vii. 115 I can manage it, Humphrey, so lead the way. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §6. 89 In the silent growth and elevation of the English people the boroughs led the way. < as lemmas |
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