warm someone up

tv. to prepare an audience for another—more famous—performer. This man Bennett is a superb choice to warm up the audience.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tayeb	-	Arabic
Feodora	-	Russian
Melisizwe	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Sunitha	-	Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Madoc	-	Welsh
BrÜNhild	BRUYN-hilt (German)	German, Germanic Mythology