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pave the way

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pave the way (for someone or something) (with something)
Fig. to prepare the way with something for someone to come or something to happen. (Alludes to paving a road.) I will pave the way for her with an introduction. I am sure I can pave the way for your success. I will pave the way with an introduction.
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Their governors and preceptors also should take care what sort of tales and stories it may be proper for them to hear; for all these ought to pave the way for their future instruction: for which reason the generality of their play should be imitations of what they are afterwards to do seriously.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
The more carefully I reflected on what had passed between us, the more shrewdly I suspected the production of the casket, and the application for the loan, of having been mere formalities, designed to pave the way for the parting inquiry addressed to me.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Two decades of puppet government are enervating, I admit, but they only pave the way more surely to the inevitable reaction.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
 
 
 
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