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set the stage for

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set the stage for something
if you set the stage for something, you make it possible or likely to happen. The purpose of that first meeting was to set the stage for future co-operation between Russia and the USA.
See also: set, stage


set the stage for something
to prepare the way for something else to happen. This new information sets the stage for a long and interesting trial.
Etymology: from the preparation of the stage in a theater for the performance of a play
See also: set, stage


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