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.

• a poor man's something
• a poor relation
• a port of call
• a powder keg
• apple of eye
• apple of someone's eye
• apple of your eye
• apples and oranges
• a pretty kettle of fish
• a prima donna
• a prime mover
• a priori
• a prophet of doom
• a pub crawl
• a put-up job
• a Pyrrhic victory
• a quantum leap
• a queer fish
• a question mark over something
• a queue-jumper
• a quick fix
• a quick one
• a quick study
• a quid pro quo
• a race against the clock