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get ready

Idioms  

  1. 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.

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Get ready for more drama from Hollywood’s biggest takeover battle.

From Barron's

Get ready for a messy October-November jobs report.

From MarketWatch

Mr Stern said that Grey Bull had been building up a presence in the Caribbean, including inside Venezuela and the neighbouring island of Aruba, for months to get ready for potential operations in Venezuela.

From BBC

There are “get ready with me” posts where he’s doing his makeup before going out.

From Slate

ADELAIDE, Australia—Australian teen Zoey Bender started posting “get ready with me” videos on TikTok a year ago as a creative outlet during a difficult time, and ended up amassing nearly 60,000 followers.

From The Wall Street Journal

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