prepare+a+way
41clear the way — Synonyms and related words: aid, blaze the trail, break the ice, cultivate the soil, ease, expedite, explain, facilitate, go in advance, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, help along, lay the foundation, lay the groundwork, loose …
42pave the way — Synonyms and related words: aid, blaze the trail, break the ice, clear the way, cultivate the soil, ease, expedite, explain, facilitate, go in advance, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, help along, lay the foundation, lay the… …
43smooth the way — Synonyms and related words: aid, anoint, be promising, beeswax, bid fair to, clear the way, daub, dress, ease, embrocate, enable, expedite, explain, facilitate, glycerolate, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, have favorable odds …
44lead the way — 1) he led the way to the kitchen Syn: guide someone, conduct someone, show someone the way 2) our corporation is leading the way in new technologies Syn: take the initiative, break (new) ground, blaze a trail, prepare the way, be at the forefront …
45pave the way for — a document that could pave the way for legislation Syn: prepare (the way) for, make preparations for, get ready for, lay the foundations for, herald, precede …
46pave the way for — idi to prepare the way for; make possible; lead up to …
47By the way — Way Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[ a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage} …
48By way of — Way Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[ a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage} …
49Covert way — Way Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[ a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage} …
50In the family way — Way Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[ a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage} …