pave the way for (someone/something)

to make it possible or easier for someone or something to follow.

The procedure helped pave the way for successful open heart surgery using the heart-lung machine.

Related vocabulary: lay someone/something open to something

• bright side
• bright spark
• bright spot
• bring a lump to throat
• bring a lump to your throat
• bring back
• bring back down to earth
• bring back something
• bring down
• bring down a peg
• bring down a peg or two
• bring down on
• bring down on someone
• bring down someone
• bring down something
• bring down to earth
• bring face to face with
• bring face to face with something
• bring forth
• bring forth something
• bring forward
• bring full circle
• bring home
• bring home the bacon
• bring home to