English-German translation for "lead up"

"lead up" German translation

„lead up“: transitive verb

lead up

transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t <separable | trennbartrennb>

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führen (zu)
lead up to

lead up to

examples

to leadsomebody | jemand sb up the garden path figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig

jemanden an der Nase herumführen

to leadsomebody | jemand sb up the garden path figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig

„lead up“: intransitive verb

lead up

intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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die Ereignisse... worauf willst du hinaus?... was soll das Ganze?...

examples

the events that led up to the war

die Ereignisse, die dem Krieg vorausgingen

the events that led up to the war
what are you leading up to?

worauf willst du hinaus?

what are you leading up to?
what’s all this leading up to?

was soll das Ganze?

what’s all this leading up to?

Synonyms for "lead up"

initiate

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