all set
Ready, in position for some action, as in I'm all set to leave the country. This colloquial term uses set in the sense of “put in proper position or order.” The same meaning appears in the traditional Ready, get set, go for starting a race; here set means “in position to start.”
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How to use all set in a sentence
Then he spoke into his inter-com mike and received an all-set okay from each of the other four.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front | R. Sidney Bowen
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