Idiom
prepare the ground
Meaning
To carry out any preliminary work that will enable something to occur.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We must prepare the ground before we start the garden.”
“The manager held several private meetings to prepare the ground for the new company policy.”
“By publishing a series of influential articles, the activist successfully prepared the ground for the upcoming legislative reforms.”
Examples
simple
“We must prepare the ground before we start the garden.”
contextual
“The manager held several private meetings to prepare the ground for the new company policy.”
complex
“By publishing a series of influential articles, the activist successfully prepared the ground for the upcoming legislative reforms.”
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