the scene is set for (something)

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

After a disastrous first half, the scene was set for a humiliating defeat.

• cut an ridiculous figure
• cut an unusual figure
• cut a rug
• cut a swath
• cut a swathe through
• cut a swathe through something
• cut a swath through
• cut a swath through something
• cut a wide swath
• cut both ways
• cut coat according to cloth
• cut coat according to your cloth
• cut corners
• cut dead
• cut down to size
• cut from the same cloth
• cut in
• cut it fine
• cut it out
• cut loose
• cut loose someone
• cut loose something
• cut losses
• cut no ice with
• cut no ice with someone