set the stage
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Super-featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner described Taylor as "a trailblazer who helped set the stage for all of us".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The G20 finance talks also set the stage for a leaders' summit that Trump will convene in December in Miami.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
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- tee it up
- establish the context
- give the opening act
- do the pre-work
- prepare the ground
Possible Antonyms
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- pull the rug out
- crash the party
- go in cold
- spoil the ending
