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get set

Idioms  

  1. Prepare to go, as in Get set; the taxi's coming. This phrase is also a synonym for get ready. Also see under all set.

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Delta expects the top line to keep climbing in the final stretch of 2025, providing an upbeat readout of holiday travel as other airlines get set to report earnings over the coming weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Los Angeles sent its first evacuation alert to cell phones in the northern and western Palisades, warning that a fire was burning along Palisades Drive, and those nearby “should get set for a potential evacuation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025

Most of Mr. Rush’s records get set at his home, with volunteers helping out, carefully recording the event.

From NewsForKids.net • Oct. 31, 2024

Can he give himself the chance to get set at the crease?

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024

Once I get set up at the MAV, my solar cells and batteries will be in a fixed position.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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