New Army
now historical
noun
Any of the British forces assembled from Kitchener's volunteer recruitment campaign of 1914 at the beginning of the First World War (1914–18).
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Daily Telegraph.
- leading edge
- leading lady
- leading light
- leading man
- leading note
- leading question
- leading rein
- leading seaman
- leading tone
- lead in one's pencil
- lead nowhere
- lead off
- lead pencil
- lead poisoning
- lead shot
- lead someone a dance (or a merry dance)
- lead someone a merry dance
- lead someone astray
- lead someone by the nose
- lead someone on
- lead someone to the altar
- lead someone up (or down) the garden path
- lead someone up the aisle
- lead story
- lead-swinger