Ensue and Lead

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Ensue

Ensue verb - Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end.
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Lead is an antonym for ensue in follow topic.
Nearby Word: ensuing

Lead

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.
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Ensue is an antonym for lead.
Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded
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Common collocations

way ensue way lead way
world ensue world lead world
fight ensue fight lead fight

Both words in one sentence

  • In the anime of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, the protagonist is specifically oblivious and thickheaded enough to be continuously embarrassed and ashamed of his female-lead just so hilarity may ensue.
    Source: Idiot Plot / Anime and Manga
  • Cersei realizes this will lead to trouble, and knows conflict will ensue at one point or another - which does with the beginning of the civil war.
    Source: Fan Fic / Son Of The Seven Kingdoms
  • In Tiberium Wars, reality doesn't so much ensue as it ambushes you in an alley, beats you over the head with a lead pipe, and then rifles through your pockets for more characters to viciously and mercilessly kill.
    Source: Reality Ensues / Fan Fic
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