prepare the ground
English
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editprepare the ground (third-person singular simple present prepares the ground, present participle preparing the ground, simple past and past participle prepared the ground)
- To do any preliminary work that will enable something to occur. [with for ‘something’]
- Synonyms: clear the ground, prepare the way
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edit- “prepare the ground”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “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.