prepare the ground

prepare the ground (third-person singular simple present prepares the ground, present participle preparing the ground, simple past and past participle prepared the ground)

1. (transitive with for) Do any preliminary work that will enable something to occur.

   Synonyms: clear the ground, prepare the way

• lay the groundwork
• pave the way
• set the stage

• “prepare the ground” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “prepare the ground”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “prepare the ground” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “prepare the ground”, in Collins English Dictionary.