Definition of "leadup" []

• The period leading up to an event. (noun)

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• "Each day of gameplay would represent one month of narrative, so in the space of two weeks, visitors to the in-world website would experience a calm leadup to the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Cyrus, followed by the sudden onset of a flu pandemic, and the tumultuous six-month wait for a vaccine to become available."
• "Part of the leadup to this crisis was no one adequately policing mortgages on the ground level."
• "Previously, Goldman has defended its conduct and rejected accusations it did anything improper during the leadup to the financial meltdown."