raring to go

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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Rees-Zammit said: "Everyone's locked in on what's next. Japan will be a tough game, but everyone is raring to go and is buying in 100%. We're all ready."

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

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Bright said it was "really refreshing" to return to Chelsea training and is now raring to go for the new campaign.

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With England six days away from taking on France in their opening Group D game at Euro 2025, Sarina Wiegman's "special player" is fit and raring to go.

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But like many of us, I absolutely love a mystery, so I was raring to go until I found out that the evening’s very first order of business was choosing an alias and writing said alias on a nametag.