Cause
Prepare
Prepare verb - To make ready in advance.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Prepare to have a bullet from my nunchuk gun pierce your flesh, causing internal injuries and bleeding, which, if left unchecked, could cause you to die.
- To be fair, Sobel and his Daemon didn't cause the economic and social chaos, he just saw it coming and used the Daemon to prepare people for it.
Source: Utopia Justifies the Means - As they prepare to return to 1985, Doc grabs the sports almanac and tells Marty it could cause devastating consequences to the timeline if it falls into the wrong hands - a comment Biff overhears.
Source: Recap / Back to the Future
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