Usually means: Period preceding an event's occurrence.
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  3. lead up_to: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (lead up to)

verb:  (idiomatic) To set in motion; to act as a causal or preparatory event or sequence of events.
verb:  To precede in time.
verb:  To follow or mark a path toward.

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