get ready

Idioms and Phrases

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 .

Example Sentences

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Afar from the aviation field there boomed out the second, the get-ready gun.

From Project Gutenberg

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