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Idioms and Phrases

Very eager to begin, as in The children were all dressed and raring to go . This idiom uses raring for rearing , and alludes to a horse's standing on its hind legs when it is anxious to get moving. [Early 1900s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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