get ready


Also, make ready. Become prepared or make preparations for something. For example, It'll take me another hour to get ready for the painter, or Jane promised to make the room ready for our guests. [Late 1500s] Also see get set.

Words Nearby get ready

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How to use get ready in a sentence

  • Any other place would do these things they've been talking about for ten years just on the side, as part of the get-ready.

    The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward White
  • Afar from the aviation field there boomed out the second, the get-ready gun.

    Airship Andy | Frank V. Webster