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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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It offers a sports-themed way of approaching the topic, called GOALS, representing G: get ready; O: open the conversation; A: ask the question; L: listen and respond and S: support and signpost.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

For those who are watching the show for the plot, get ready to yeehaw about all the melodrama that’s about to hit your screen.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Tesla’s stock was staging a standout performance on Monday as investors get ready for the company to show off its Cybercab robotaxis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

In travel news this week, get ready for another version of the Boeing 737 MAX.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

When my parents come home, they rush my brother and me to get ready to go to dinner at my grandparents’ house.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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