seem+likely
121smooth the way — Synonyms and related words: aid, anoint, be promising, beeswax, bid fair to, clear the way, daub, dress, ease, embrocate, enable, expedite, explain, facilitate, glycerolate, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, have favorable odds …
122set — set1 verb (sets, setting; past and past participle set) 1》 put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position. ↘(be set) be situated in a specified place or position. ↘represent (a story) as happening at a specified time or… …
123future — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 likely to happen, become, or exist at a time after the present: Careful accounting may help to predict future costs. | future wife/husband etc (=someone who will be your wife, husband etc) 2 technical in grammar,… …
124promise*/*/*/ — [ˈprɒmɪs] verb [I/T] I 1) to tell someone that you will definitely do something The police chief promised tougher action against young criminals.[/ex] She phoned at 9 am, as promised.[/ex] Peter wished he d never promised to help them.[/ex]… …
125firm — /fɜ:m/ noun a company, business or partnership ● a manufacturing firm ● an important publishing firm ● She is a partner in a law firm. ■ adjective 1. which cannot be changed ● to make a firm offer for something ● to place a firm order for two… …
126bid fair — {v.}, {literary} To seem likely; promise. * /He bids fair to be a popular author./ * /The day bids fair to be warm./ …
127ear to the ground — {n. phr.}, {informal} Attention directed to the way things are going, or seem likely to go, or to the way people feel and think. * /The city manager kept an ear to the ground for a while before deciding to raise the city employees pay./ *… …
128bid fair — {v.}, {literary} To seem likely; promise. * /He bids fair to be a popular author./ * /The day bids fair to be warm./ …
