led up; leading up; leads up
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
The second installment of the show will detail the lead-up to and coverage of the Paris Olympics.
—Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Prosecutors pointed to a flurry of calls and messages in the days leading up to the shooting, most of which Lorenzo-Olivera did not accept or return.
—Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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Noun
With all the noise from the lead-up to the 2024 US Presidential election next week, you’d be forgiven for having missed some of the trailers that came out over the last few days.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
The second installment of the show will detail the lead-up to and coverage of the Paris Olympics.
—Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
This article is part of a collaboration between The Free Press, Michigan State University students and the American Communities Project to tell the stories of voters, their experiences, and their political motivations in communities across Michigan leading up to the 2024 election.
—Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Prosecutors pointed to a flurry of calls and messages in the days leading up to the shooting, most of which Lorenzo-Olivera did not accept or return.
—Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Lead-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead-up. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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lead up
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: to make a gradual approach to a topic
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