led up; leading up; leads up
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
The lead-up to the 2025 NFL Draft, which begins April 24, is no different.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
David Sokol, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
In the days leading up to April 2, shopping destinations including BJ's, Costco and Amazon, saw increases in transaction sizes, or money spent, additional data from Consumer Edge also shows.
—Anne Marie Drummond Lee, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
This dystopian story is immersive and unputdownable, shifting back and forth in time to paint a picture of both the lead-up and the aftermath of society’s destruction.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
The lead-up to the 2025 NFL Draft, which begins April 24, is no different.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
Indeed, for the year leading up to their real-estate coin flip, the husband and wife had been amassing a Pinterest board of model projects.
—David Sokol, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
In the days leading up to April 2, shopping destinations including BJ's, Costco and Amazon, saw increases in transaction sizes, or money spent, additional data from Consumer Edge also shows.
—Anne Marie Drummond Lee, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Lead-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead-up. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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lead up
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: to make a gradual approach to a topic
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