Betekenis van lead up to sth In het Nederlands

• 0 If a period of time or series of events leads up to an event or activity, it happens until that event or activity begins:

  • The pilot had no recollection of the events leading up to the crash.

• 1 to prepare to talk about something by gradually mentioning the subject you want to talk about:

  • He started telling me about a wonderful new restaurant he'd been to and I wondered what he was leading up to.

• 2 if a period of time or series of events leads up to an event or activity, it continues until that event or activity begins:

  • The document provides a window into events that led up to the sale of the corporation.