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
Evridiki	-	Greek
Fikriyya	-	Arabic
Ferenc	FE-rents	Hungarian
Gleb	GLYEP (Russian), HLEB (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Oluwafemi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Philippa	FIL-i-pə (English), fi-LIP-ə (English)	English (British), German