prepare the way

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prepare the way (for somebody/something)

to create an opportunity for something to happen His comments prepared the way for the two organizations to work together. Her election prepared the way for me and others like me.

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I had had confidential agents trickling through the country some time, whose office was to undermine knighthood by imperceptible degrees, and to gnaw a little at this and that and the other superstition, and so prepare the way gradually for a better order of things. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context But you must have a hansom this minute if you mean to prepare the way with those notes this afternoon A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context			preach against preach at preach to preach to the choir preach to the converted precedence over precious few precipitate into preclude from predicate on predispose to preface preface by preface with prefer prefer against prefer to prefix to prejudice against prelude to premium prepare prepare for prepare the ground prepare the ground for prepare the way prescribe for presence present present company excepted present to preserve preserve against preserve for preserve from preside preside at preside over press press against press charges press down on press flesh press for press forward press into press into service press luck press on press onto press out of			prepare a complaint prepare a formal request prepare a petition prepare an estimate Prepare Asylum Seekers and Society for Integration Prepare Field Artillery Fire Order Prepare Field Artillery Movement Request Prepare Final Acceptance Trial prepare for prepare for prepare for Prepare for battle Prepare for Board of Inspection & Survey prepare for crops prepare for publication Prepare for Service Prepare for Shipyard Overhaul prepare for the worst Prepare Inactive Prepare New School Year Prepare Organize Work Evaluate Rethink Prepare Post-Shakedown Availability Prepare Resume Immediately, Dismissal Expected :-) prepare something specious prepare the ground prepare the ground prepare the ground for prepare the way Prepare to Abandon Platform Alarm Prepare to Bawl Prepare To Deploy Order Prepare to Die Prepare to Fight Again Prepare to Live Prepare to Meet Your Bakerina Prepare to Meet Your Maker Prepare to Stop When Flashing Prepare Yourself to Die Prepare Youth to Work Prepare, Explain, Show, Observe, Supervise Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate and Optimize Prepare, Prime, Paint Prepare, Read and Organize Prepare/Preparation for Overseas Movement Prepare/Prepared/Preparatory prepared prepared prepared Prepared 2 Survive Prepared Action Case Prepared and Perishable Food Programs prepared announcement Prepared By Client prepared cavity prepared cavity prepared cavity

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