warm someone up
warm someone up
tv. to prepare an audience for another—more famous—performer. This man Bennett is a superb choice to warm up the audience.
See also: someone, up, warm
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- whip into a state
- cloth
- back-cloth star
- crowd-puller
- be in the best possible taste
- dancers
- play to the gallery
- play to the gallery, to
- play to the crowd
- break a leg