: to make a gradual or indirect approach to a topic
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The lead-up to his next start against the Braves in the wild-card series was particularly rough.—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025 The comparisons first started cropping up this week during the lead-up to the two Canadian stars’ new collaborative LP, which dropped Friday (Feb. 14).—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
There will then be additional voting categories added throughout the spring leading up to filming on the season.—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025 All that would be needed is to schedule the tournament semifinals on the homecourt of the higher seeds in the week leading up to All-Star Weekend, with the In-Season title game already excluded from the regular-season standings.—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lead-up
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