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LEAD UP

Pronunciation (US):

• LEAD UP (verb)
The verb LEAD UP has 1 sense:

1. prepare the way for

Familiarity information: LEAD UP used as a verb is very rare.

• LEAD UP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Prepare the way for

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

lead up; initiate

Context example:

Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II

Hypernyms (to "lead up" is one way to...):

initiate; originate; start (bring into being)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

"God blesses a drunk."
(English proverb)
"A tilted load won’t reach its destination."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"When the axe came to the forest, the trees said: "The handle is one of us.""
(Armenian proverb)
"With friends like these, who needs enemies?"
(Croatian proverb)

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