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What does set the stage mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To prepare; to establish the basis or required conditions.
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It has set the stage for yet more strikes and marches, despite his promised amendments to two of the law's most controversial clauses.
It was the second time in three years Brady set the stage for a field goal to win the Super Bowl.
Diplomats say they expect no breakthrough but hope to set the stage for later talks.
This fraudulent transaction set the stage for the unfortunate chain of events that was to follow.
They set the stage for construction of a massive oil pipeline through Afghanistan.
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine set the stage for Teddy Roosevelt's interventionist foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere.

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