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At The Ready

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Adjective

1. at the ready

ready for immediate use

Example Sentences:
'soldiers with guns at the ready'
'students with pens and notebooks at the ready'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

At The Ready

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a. 
poised for use or action
with pen at the ready
b. 
(of a rifle) in the position normally adopted immediately prior to aiming and firing

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At The Ready

see synonyms of at the ready
in a position or state of being prepared for immediate use
to hold a gun at the ready

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

At The Ready

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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