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at the ready
Available 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]
Example Sentences
Los Angeles police officers stand at the ready as thousands participate in the “No Kings” demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.
Guardsmen — about 1,000 weekend warriors — stood in the hot sun, rifles at the ready alongside the Gatling gun they brought, facing the railroad strikers camped out in the depot with their wives and children.
Cameras were at the ready when Boisson had three match points and she collapsed to the floor in delight after watching Andreeva's forehand land the wrong side of the paint.
“These sanctions against Russia are at the ready and will receive overwhelming bipartisan, bicameral support if presented to the Senate and House for a vote,” the senator said in a statement.
I had all the information I needed, along with a garden hose at the ready, and so did everybody else.
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