| 单词 | lead up to |
| 释义 | lead up to/ (liːd) / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lead up to ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, adverb + preposition)to act as a preliminary or introduction to to approach (a topic) gradually or cautiously Words nearby lead up tolead time, lead track, lead tree, lead-up, lead up the garden path, lead up to, Leadville, lead white, lead with one's chin, leadwort, leadwort family Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with lead up tolead up to Prepare gradually for, result in gradually, as in These events clearly led up to the coup, or His remarks led up to the main point of the speech, that he was going to resign next year. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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