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raring

[rair-ing]

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adjective Informal.

very eager or anxious; enthusiastic: raring to go.

Origin:
1905–10; rare³ + -ing²

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verb (used without object), rared, rar·ing. Older Use.

rear² (def. 6).

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raring (ˈrɛərɪŋ)

—*adj*
	ready; willing; enthusiastic (esp in the phrase raring to go)

[C20: from rare, variant of rear²]

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rare

"rise up," 1833, dialectal variant of rear (v.). Sense of "eager" (in raring to go) first recorded 1909.

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