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lead up to
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verb
- to act as a preliminary or introduction to
- to approach (a topic) gradually or cautiously
Idioms and Phrases
Prepare gradually for, result in gradually, as in These events clearly led up to the coup , or His remarks led up to the main point of the speech, that he was going to resign next year . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
It takes seven chapters to lead up to the crushing event.
Alba was set up by Salmond in the lead up to the 2021 Holyrood election.
She took the stand last Thursday and over three days detailed the events in the lead up to Joshlin's disappearance that involved a traditional healer, known in South Africa as a "sangoma".
She said the UK growth figures "certainly won't help" in the lead up to the Spring Statement, when the independent forecaster the Office for Budget Responsibility is likely to downgrade its growth prediction.
For years, Morris and Gateway would show slates of local school board candidates on the church’s massive screens in the lead up to elections — potentially in violation of federal rules that prohibit overt political activity by churches.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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