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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

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

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

As we get set for spring training, our Mariners position preview series continues with a look at second base.

From Seattle Times Feb. 10, 2024

Armistead thought; Give the Yankees time to get set.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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