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View synonyms for at the ready
at the ready
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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]Advertisement
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