raring to go

Idioms  

1. Very eager to begin, as in The children were all dressed and raring to go. This idiom uses raring for rearing, and alludes to a horse's standing on its hind legs when it is anxious to get moving. [Early 1900s]

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raring to go

Take, for example, a runner whose preparation for a race has gone perfectly and who is confident and raring to go.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

When his time at Yale was over, he felt raring to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

While Exxon Mobil balked at the idea of returning to a country that twice nationalized its assets, the oil-field service firms that work with national oil companies and Texas wildcatters alike are raring to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

"Everybody's raring to go and loving playing for England."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

I could tell Flapjack was raring to go, but ’less you knowed what to look for, you might not see it.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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