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All get ready synonyms

get read·y
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verb get ready

  • throw together — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • whip out — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • call to arms — a command to report for active military duty.
  • call up — If you call someone up, you telephone them.
  • set in motion — prompt, cause to begin
  • set off — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • put in order — arrange correctly
  • clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
  • fill in — a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill.
  • fit out — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
  • gear up — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • get set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • let in on — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
  • pave the way — be a pioneer
  • psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
  • put on to — put in touch with
  • wise up — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
  • accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
  • bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
  • cater — In British English, to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people.
  • furnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • hand over — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • indulge — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
  • present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
  • render — to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
  • serve — to act as a servant.
  • supply — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
  • turn out — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • scrape up — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
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