lead up

lead up
lead up
vi
1. (slowly introduce)
to \lead up up to sth zu etw dat hinführen
it looks as if they're \lead uping up to some major policy announcement es sieht so aus, als ob sie auf eine wichtige Ankündigung in Bezug auf die Firmenpolitik hinauswollten
what's this all \lead uping up to? was soll das Ganze?
2. (precede)
to \lead up up to sth etw dat vorangehen, SCHWEIZ a. etw dat vorausgehen
which are the events that led up to this situation? welche Ereignisse gingen dieser Situation voraus?
we barely saw him in the time \lead uping up to his departure in der Zeit vor seiner Abreise sahen wir ihn kaum
* * *
1. vt sep
hinaufführen (to auf +acc); (= lead across) führen (to zu)

to lead sb up the garden path (fig) — jdm etwas vormachen, jdn an der Nase herumführen

2. vi
1)

(= come before) the events/years that led up to the war — die Ereignisse/Jahre, die dem Krieg voran- or vorausgingen

2)

(= introduce) he was obviously leading up to an important announcement —

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?

* * *
lead up
A v/t jemanden hinauf-, heraufführen (beide:
to auf akk)
B v/i
1. hinauf-, heraufführen (beide:
to auf akk) (Straße etc)
2. fig (to)
a) (allmählich oder schließlich) führen (zu)
b) überleiten (zu), einleiten (akk)
c) hinauswollen (auf akk):
he was leading up to sth er wollte auf etwas ganz Bestimmtes hinaus

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