to prepare sb for
111pave the way for — PREPARE (THE WAY) FOR, make preparations for, get ready for, lay the foundations for, herald, precede. → pave * * * pave the way for 1. To prepare the way for 2. To make easier 3. To help to bring on • • • Main Entry: ↑pave * * * create the… …
112Crazy for You — For other uses, see Crazy for You (disambiguation). Crazy for You Original Cast Recording Music George Gershwin Lyrics Ira Ge …
113National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 — For other uses of HR4986, see HR 4986. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 is a law in the United States signed by President George W. Bush on January 28, 2008. As a bill it was H.R. 4986 in the 110th Congress. The overall …
114Committee for Independence of Georgia — For a World War I era organization with a similar name, see Committee of Independent Georgia. Prince Kote Andronikashvili, chairman of the Committee for Independence of Georgia from 1923 to 1924 The Committee for the Independence of Georgia… …
115one for the money, two for the show... — prepare to go or run, children s countdown Before bedtime, Dad would say, One for the money …
116set the stage for — prepare the conditions for (the occurrence or beginning of something) these churchmen helped to set the stage for popular reform …
117gear up for the election campaign — prepare for the election campaign …
118make preparations for — prepare for …
119set the stage for — prepare the conditions for. → stage …
120if you want peace, you must prepare for war — Translating the 4th cent. AD Roman military writer FLAVIUS VEGETIUS Epitoma Rei Militaris III. (Introd.) qui desideratpacem, praeparet bellum, he who desires peace must prepare for war. a 1547 E. HALL Chronicle (1548) Edw. IV 209 He forgat the… …