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• make-ready
  make-ready

  noun

  the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.
• make ready
  make ready

  see get ready.

make-ready

American  

[meyk-red-ee] / ˈmeɪkˌrɛd i /

noun

1. Printing. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.

2. the act or process of making something ready for use.

   a charge for make-ready on the new car.

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make-ready British  

noun

1. printing the process of preparing the forme and the cylinder or platen packing to achieve the correct impression all over the forme

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make ready Idioms  

1. see get ready.

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Etymology

Origin of make-ready

First recorded in 1820–30; noun use of verb phrase make ready

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