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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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Often, prices get set far above a drug’s objectively measured value.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

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

As the gates open to Glastonbury on Wednesday it's looking like a fine day to get set up with temperatures rising to 25C.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2025

Sharon — who met her husband at a summer theater program — saw this as an opening: They’d get set up in California and use the movie as leverage to get Keke more work.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2024

“It isn’t this smooth and easy. You don’t just fly in and get set on a perfect lake and have all the food you want and have it all come this easy. It isn’t real.”

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

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