paving
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pave/peɪv/
▶verb (often be paved with) cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks.
– phrases
pave the way for create the circumstances to enable (something) to happen or be done.
pave the way for create the circumstances to enable (something) to happen or be done.
– derivatives
paver noun,
paving noun.
paver noun,
paving noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. paver ‘pave’.
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