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lead-up

[ leed-uhp ]

noun

  1. something that provides an approach to or preparation for an event or situation.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lead-up1

1950–55; noun use of verb phrase lead up ( to )
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The protest will cap weeks of lead-up events from Know Your Rights trainings for immigrant workers, defense trainings and panels on LGBTQ+ rights.

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Netanyahu also trained his sights on the security failures in the lead-up to and during the 7 October attacks, saying that Bar bore "massive and direct responsibility" for them and had "failed in his role as chief of Shin Bet and lost the confidence of the entire Israeli government as far as his ability to continue to manage the organisation".

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In the lead-up to the retreat, I asked a male friend to tell me the three things he most disliked about me; he assured me such honesty could only do our relationship harm.

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The Times previously reported that in the lead-up to the Jan. 7 inferno, the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been empty for months and more than 1,000 hydrants were in need of repair.

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Well backed in lead-up to race, would be suited by dry spell with good going right up his street.

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