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idiomset the stage/scene (for)to do something that makes it possible or easier for events to happen or for plans to work:The Woolf Report into the prison riots set the scene for dramatic reform.By not allowing small fires to clear away dead wood and underbrush, we set the scene for the huge destructive fires we've had this summer.The stage was being set for vast political and social changes in East Asia.
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