lead up

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verb

set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for (Freq. 4)
- Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II
• Syn:
initiate
• Derivationally related forms:
initiative (for: initiate), initiation (for: initiate)
• Hypernyms:
originate, initiate, start
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something