led up; leading up; leads up
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
The game forces players to play as both Ellie and Abby, and the lead-up to the encounter between Abby and Joel is shot from Abby’s perspective.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Matt Minton, Variety, 4 May 2025
Inside, nine immersive galleries guide visitors through Belfast’s shipbuilding heritage, the grandeur of Titanic’s interiors, and the events leading up to the disaster, as well as the legacy that followed.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Noun
There were signs in the lead-up to the first round that maybe Sanders would fall in the draft.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
The game forces players to play as both Ellie and Abby, and the lead-up to the encounter between Abby and Joel is shot from Abby’s perspective.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
In that letter, Lively also accused Baldoni of creating a smear campaign leading up to the film’s release last August.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 4 May 2025
Inside, nine immersive galleries guide visitors through Belfast’s shipbuilding heritage, the grandeur of Titanic’s interiors, and the events leading up to the disaster, as well as the legacy that followed.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for lead-up
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“Lead-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead-up. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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lead up
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: to make a gradual approach to a topic
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