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set the stage
(idiomatic) To prepare; to establish the basis or required conditions.
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take the stand
(idiomatic) To testify as a witness in a trial.
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put one's shoulder to the wheel
(figuratively) Synonym of strive: To work hard, to complete an activity with one's complete effort and focus.
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on the lookout
on the move
start the ball rolling
Synonym of get the ball rolling.
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the rubber meets the road
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rubber, meet, road. / (idiomatic, with "where" etc.) A place or circumstance at which the implementation of a plan or intent is to be achieved.
from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
(idiomatic, informal, UK, Australia) So obvious that it was unnecessary to say.
down the road, not across the street
(idiomatic, of the technique for committing suicide) Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.
bite the hand that feeds one
(idiomatic) To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).
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