"laying ground" is a valid and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the process or steps that you take to set a foundation for something. For example, "We spent the day laying ground for the launch of the new product in the coming months."
"We may be laying ground for a better rally in June or July, but I don't think we're at the starting point for that yet," Mr. McCabe said.
Ms. Warren, who set up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington but was not nominated by President Obama to run it, also seemed to be laying ground for a Senate run in a posting Thursday on the liberal blog Blue Mass Group.
The truth of these invasive and unconstitutional policies is giving rise to further argument, and laying ground for a practical forum to engage elected officials to more clearly define citizens' rights in the digital era.
At a weekend gathering of bear hunters here in central Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker said Cruz's strength in winning over delegates at state and local party conventions was laying ground for the senator's capture of the nomination in Cleveland despite Trump's current lead.
The Pacific Ocean rages wild, forming sea-stacks, living tide pools, and perfectly smoothed stones shaped by the world's largest ocean, laying ground for endless mounds of driftwood to sit on, to play on, and to throw on top of your by-the-sea campfire.
Reviewer #2: Substantive concerns: The paper describes the results of a screen, so its contribution is necessarily more descriptive – laying ground for future work – than getting at mechanisms.
This lays ground for what follows.
The tool lays ground for data analysis in a structured reporting format and for the visualization of all relevant facets of facility infrastructure and possible malfunctions for reporting and management purposes.
Young [1] and Young and Tsai [2] laid grounds for the study of dynamics of flow through stenosed arteries and recorded results for steady flow on the matter.
But they are laying the ground.
He's laying the ground for a bit of political "me too".
