lead up
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Verb 1. lead up - set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"
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w>lead up
vt sep → hinaufführen (→ to auf +acc); (= lead across) → führen (to zu); to lead somebody up the garden path (fig) → jdm etwas vormachen, jdn an der Nase herumführen
vi
(= come before) the events/years that led up to the war → die Ereignisse/Jahre, die dem Krieg voran- or vorausgingen
(= introduce) he was obviously leading up to an important announcement → er schickte sich offensichtlich an, etwas Wichtiges anzukündigen ; his speech was obviously leading up to an important announcement → seine Rede war offensichtlich die Einleitung zu einer wichtigen Ankündigung ; what are you leading up to? → worauf willst du hinaus?; what’s all this leading up to? → was soll das Ganze?
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