Definition of "pave the way" []

• To make future development easier. (verb)

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• "The Hoover Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the interstate highway system, the Internet, the Human Genome Project-time and again, government investment has helped pave the way for an explosion of private economic activity."
• "The Calusa or Carlos Indians, with whom Menendez in 1566 endeavoured to establish friendship and alliance, in order to pave the way to their conversion, showed a persistent spirit of hostility to"
• "The Interim Authority, established by a UN conference hosted by the Government of Germany earlier this month, will pave the way for political transition in Afghanistan to an elected government."