led up; leading up; leads up
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Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
In all of these episodes, there’s always a stark divide between how the smarter kids spend their graduation day lead-up, and how the … academically challenged do.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 23 June 2025
But a high line without sufficient pressure from your midfielders or attackers leaves your defenders exposed, as was the case for the sequence leading up to Asencio’s dismissal.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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Noun
First shown at White Cube in London during the lead-up to the 2020 U.S. election, the piece was dismantled over time, with the wood burned to heat the gallery’s fireplaces.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
In all of these episodes, there’s always a stark divide between how the smarter kids spend their graduation day lead-up, and how the … academically challenged do.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Verb
After the intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq War, the country is rightfully more skeptical of what the government says.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 23 June 2025
But a high line without sufficient pressure from your midfielders or attackers leaves your defenders exposed, as was the case for the sequence leading up to Asencio’s dismissal.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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“Lead-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead-up. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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lead up
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: to make a gradual approach to a topic
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