lay the groundwork

A vaccine that can successfully prevent infection and transmission of whooping cough in humans could lay the groundwork for eliminating the disease altogether, said James McLachlan, co-author of the study and associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane School of Medicine.

Against that backdrop, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought even before the presidential vote to lay the groundwork for a working relationship if Trump was returned to the White House.

Not unlike 2020, Trump and his allies are preemptively making outlandish and extreme assertions to lay the groundwork for a claim, if they don’t prevail, that the election was stolen.

Spike Lee has helped lay the groundwork for a whole lot of free-thinking, especially with our community.

Her predecessor, Hunt, said she would “fool absolutely no one” and accused her of a “shameless attempt” to lay the groundwork for tax rises in her upcoming Budget.