lay foundation
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That could lead to growing pains this season as San Francisco tries to lay foundation for future success.
From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2017
Indeed, All Souls was more of a lay foundation than its model.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
There were ceremonies analogous to those now practised when we lay foundation stones.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
Better far for us to turn to the government and by this ostentatious show of our allegiance, lay foundation for future demands and concessions.'
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
Thursday.—Sexton made five speeches to-night, each sufficient of itself to lay foundation of parliamentary reputation.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
