LOCKED AND LOADED Definition & Meaning

locked and loaded

[lokt uhn loh-did]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a firearm) loaded with ammunition and prepared for firing.
They checked their equipment and found the rifles locked and loaded.
ready for action.
After so much practice, her throwing arm was locked and loaded for the match.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

First recorded in 1790–1800 as lock and load, used in the U.S. Army's 23-5 Basic Field manual: U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 (1940), and popularized by John Wayne in the film Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

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I’ve got this graduation thing locked and loaded.

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The absurd impeachment resolution against Boasberg is locked and loaded, as are articles against other judges who’ve impeded the administration’s ability to break the law.

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I always appreciate it when the Oscars happen in middle of Girl Scout cookie season, so yes, locked and loaded for steady Thin Mint consumption.

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“That initial assistance is locked and loaded. It’s coming,” Fugate said.

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Conservatives reacted with outrage to what some have called an assassination attempt, with Trump writing in a campaign email, “Joe Biden was locked and loaded ready to take me out and put my family in danger.”

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Lockean locked bowels

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