a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main eventthe opening of the performing arts center proved to be a curtain-raiser for the rebirth of the city's downtown
the opening of the performing arts center proved to be a curtain-raiser for the rebirth of the city's downtown
overtures, preambles, preliminaries, preludes, prologues(also prologs), warm-ups
countdowns, run-ups(chiefly British)lead-inskickoffs, starts
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