Usually means: Establish context for what follows.
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  1. set the scene: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. set the scene: Merriam-Webster
  3. set the scene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. set the scene: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. set the scene: Wiktionary

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  1. set the scene: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (set the scene)

▸ verb:  To prepare for something by providing a background, a description, etc.

Similar:
preconfigure, prep up, prepare the ground, preset, lead up to, prep, prerig, preprepare, premise, foreprepare, more...

Opposite:
unset scene, clear scene, remove scene

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Similar:
preconfigure, prep up, prepare the ground, preset, lead up to, prep, prerig, preprepare, premise, foreprepare, more...

Opposite:
unset scene, clear scene, remove scene



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