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
See also:
  • 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