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at the ready
read·y R0069000 (rĕd′ē)adj. read·i·er, read·i·est 1. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress: I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.2. Mentally disposed; willing: He was ready to believe her.3. Likely or about to do something: She is ready to retire.4. Prompt in apprehending or reacting: a ready intelligence; a ready response.5. Available: ready money.tr.v. read·ied, read·y·ing, read·ies To cause to be ready.Idioms: at the ready Available for immediate use: soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready. make ready To make preparations.
[Middle English redy : Old English rǣde; see reidh- in Indo-European roots + Middle English -y, -y; see -y1.]
read′i·ness n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  at the ready - ready for immediate use; "soldiers with guns at the ready"; "students with pens and notebooks at the ready"ready - completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read" |
at the ready
at the readyAvailable for use at any time. My sister could go into labor any day now, so I have my phone constantly at the ready. The volunteers descended on the garden, their shovels at the ready.See also: readyat the readyAvailable for immediate use, as in Umbrellas at the ready, we were prepared to brave the storm. This idiom was originally a military term in which the ready denoted the position of a firearm prepared to be raised and aimed or fired. [First half of 1800s] See also: readyat the ˈready prepared for immediate action or use: Cameras and microphones at the ready, they waited for the new President to appear.See also: ready at the ready Available for immediate use: soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready.See also: readyEncyclopediaSeereadyat the ready
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