Usually means: Create conditions for future success.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. pave the way: Merriam-Webster
  2. pave the way: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. pave the way: Wiktionary
  4. pave the way: Dictionary.com
  5. pave the way: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pave the way: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pave the way: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pave the way: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pave the way)

▸ verb:  To make future progress or development easier. [with for]

Similar:
lead the way, advance, pioneer, prepare the ground, foreguide, lead up to, set forward, lead by example, foremove, forelay, more...

Opposite:
hinder, impede, obstruct, block, deter

Types:
lead, pioneer, innovate, create, establish, originate, more...

Phrases:
pave the way for, pave the way for something, to pave the way, it may pave the way, it can pave the way, more...

Adjectives:
going, abroach, head, onboard, traverse, onward, on board, onz, walk-in, set, game on

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Similar:
lead the way, advance, pioneer, prepare the ground, foreguide, lead up to, set forward, lead by example, foremove, forelay, more...

Opposite:
hinder, impede, obstruct, block, deter

Types:
lead, pioneer, innovate, create, establish, originate, more...

Phrases:
pave the way for, pave the way for something, to pave the way, it may pave the way, it can pave the way, more...

Adjectives:
going, abroach, head, onboard, traverse, onward, on board, onz, walk-in, set, game on



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