get ready

idiom

: to prepare
We didn't have much time to get ready before they arrived.

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Just get ready for when those bosses name his replacement. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025 However, this has always been, to some degree, a performance he’s worked at over months in venues across the country to get ready for a special. Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 13 June 2025 And yet, internally, the concept took a long time to get ready for late night. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 June 2025 Samir had studied all weekend, and taken off work, to get ready for a U.S. citizenship test. Rebecca-Ann Jattan, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for get ready

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“Get ready.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20ready. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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