lead up to something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlead up to something phrasal verb1 BEFOREif a series of events or a period of time leads up to an event, it comes before it or causes it the weeks that led up to her death the events leading up to his dismissal2 INTRODUCEto gradually introduce an embarrassing, upsetting, or surprising subject into a conversation She had already guessed what he was leading up to. → lead→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslead up to • Beyond doubt, he was a key figure in the events that led up to Megan and Morag and to Dolly.• My whole childhood had been leading up to playing football in college.

单词	lead up to something
释义	lead up to something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlead up to something phrasal verb1 BEFOREif a series of events or a period of time leads up to an event, it comes before it or causes it the weeks that led up to her death the events leading up to his dismissal2 INTRODUCEto gradually introduce an embarrassing, upsetting, or surprising subject into a conversation She had already guessed what he was leading up to. → lead→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslead up to • Beyond doubt, he was a key figure in the events that led up to Megan and Morag and to Dolly.• My whole childhood had been leading up to playing football in college.
随便看	bring round etc bring somebody back something bring somebody face to face with something bring somebody in to do something bring somebody onto something bring somebody out in something bring somebody something bring somebody through (something) bring somebody to book bring somebody to heel bring somebody up to do something bring somebody → in bring somebody ↔ together bring somebody/something around/round bring somebody/something before a court bring somebody/something into something bring somebody/something round bring somebody/something to somebody/something bring somebody/something to their knees bring somebody/something with you bring somebody/something ↔ along bring somebody/something ↔ down bring somebody/something ↔ in bring somebody/something ↔ up bring something alive