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Available for immediate use, as in Umbrellas at the ready, we were prepared to brave the storm. This idiom was originally a military term in which the ready denoted the position of a firearm prepared to be raised and aimed or fired. [First half of 1800s]

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Words nearby at the ready

at the mercy of, at the most, at the outset, at the outside, at the point of, at the ready, at the same time, at the top of one's lungs, at the wheel, at the worst, at this point
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Words related to at the ready

accessible, qualified, apt, ripe, handy, set, fit, completed, organized, primed, near, wired, equipped, covered, adjusted, arranged, waiting, anticipating, at hand, convenient

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