Usually means: Period preceding an important event.
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  1. lead-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. lead-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lead-up, lead-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lead-up: Wordnik
  5. lead-up: Wiktionary
  6. lead-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. lead-up: Dictionary.com
  8. lead-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  An event, or sequence of events, that leads up to something; the period during which these events occur.

Similar:
leadup, lead up, lead-in, run-up, antecedence, prehistory, prelude, prelusion, antecedent, lead, more...

Opposite:
follow-up, aftermath, conclusion, result, outcome

Types:
prequel, sequel, spin-off, origin story, more...

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Similar:
leadup, lead up, lead-in, run-up, antecedence, prehistory, prelude, prelusion, antecedent, lead, more...

Opposite:
follow-up, aftermath, conclusion, result, outcome

Types:
prequel, sequel, spin-off, origin story, more...



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