| 词组 | lead up to |
| 释义 | lead up to 1. lead up to sth if a series of events or days, weeks etc lead up to an important event, they come before it: ▪ a discussion of the events leading up to the Second World War ▪ San Francisco will take on a festival atmosphere in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl. the lead-up to sth n singular BrE the period of time before an important event: ▪ A record number of stores are opening on Sundays in the lead-up to Christmas. 2. lead up to sth usually progressive to gradually introduce a particular subject into a conversation of speech, especially something that may be embarrassing or upsetting: ▪ I could see that he was leading up to a request for more money. ▪ He was obviously leading up to something with all that talk about the company's financial problems. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑work up to |
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