prepare the ground

if you prepare the ground for an activity or a situation, you do something that will help it to happen (usually + for ) The leaders of both countries are preparing the ground for negotiations which may lead to peace.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tyr	TIR	Norse Mythology
Judit	YOO-deet (Hungarian)	Hungarian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Silver	['silvə]
Pipaluk	-	Native American, Greenlandic
Andreu	-	Catalan
Canute	kə-NOOT (English), kə-NYOOT (English)	History