set the scene

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set the scene — idiom

1. To describe the general situation or background before an event, so that someone

1.idiom
Definition

To describe the general situation or background before an event, so that someone can understand what is happening. Also used to mean to create the conditions that make something possible.

Example

Let me set the scene: it was a rainy night in London, and the streets were completely empty.

The warm weather in March set the scene for an early start to the farming season.