lead up
verb
- precede, spatially or temporally, terminating at a determined point
Wiktionary
noun
- Misspelling of lead-up.
“As a result, the congressional report examining intelligence flaws in the lead up to the September 11 attacks concluded that "the U.S. Government does not presently bring together in one place all terrorism-related information from all sources."”
“Now lets go through all the lead ups to the bar, to help build up the strengths and skills you will need.”