action stationsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈæk.ʃən ˌsteɪ.ʃənz/us/ˈæk.ʃən ˌsteɪ.ʃənz/UK informalthe situation in which you are as ready as possible to perform a task you have been preparing for:
The whole school was at action stations for the inspectors' visit.
action stations!
used to tell people to get ready immediately to do the particular jobs that they have been given to do:
Right, everyone - action stations! We're starting in three minutes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ready and willing
- agreeable
- amenable
- at sb's beck and call idiom
- at your command idiom
- be good to go idiom
- command
- disposed
- eager
- fain
- find it in your heart to do sth idiom
- game
- gamely
- keen
- prepared
- raring
- readily
- readiness
- ready
- shape
- speed
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