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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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A stone’s throw from my apartment, Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is its own dreamscape: 478 acres of parkland laid out in the 19th century, with weathered plots, granite sculptures, mausoleums for the wealthy, all set amid rolling ridges and ravines fringed by elms and azaleas.
And so will Delhi, where a third airport - Jewar - is all set to open in the coming months, to serve the capital's satellite areas.
But Liam Lawson, Carlos Sainz and George Russell, who left the pits just behind Norris, all set quicker times than him in slower cars.
Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue are all set to be included, possibly alongside Matthew Potts and one other pace bowler.
The world records in the high, triple and long jump were all set in the 1990s, and remain unbroken.
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