Pilot and Trail

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Pilot verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

Usage example: the lead rider piloted the rest of the team

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Trail is an antonym for pilot.

Nearby Words: piloted, piloting, pilotage, pilothouse

Trail verb - To go after or on the track of.

Usage example: we trailed our friend into the woods, inadvertently spoiling his plans for a solitary hike

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Pilot is an antonym for trail.

Nearby Words: trailed, trailer, trailing

car	pilot car	trail car
falcon	pilot falcon	trail falcon

In the pilot episode of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Seamus Harper causes the Eureka Maru to leave a trail of pions (positively-charged ions) so that he can be tracked by the eponymous starship.

Source: Trail of Bread Crumbs
The Due South pilot follows Benton Fraser as he heads to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father.

Source: Found the Killer, Lost the Murderer
The result is a long trail of gore and viscera which was the unfortunate pilot.

Source: Sniping the Cockpit

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