the stage is set for (something)

set the stage for (something) - if you set the stage for something, you make it possible or likely to happen.

The stage is now set for a really exciting climax to this year's championship.

• cold-shoulder someone
• cold snap
• cold-turkey
• cold turkey
• Colonel Blimp
• come a cropper
• come across
• come across as
• come across someone
• come across something
• Come again?
• come again
• come a gutser
• come along
• come along for the ride
• come a long way
• come apart
• come apart at the seams
• come around
• come around to
• come around to something
• come at a price
• come back down to earth
• come back down to earth with a bang
• come back down to earth with a bump