get ready

phrase

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

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Let's rapid-fire this Monday class and get ready for a big night of playoff baseball and NFL football. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 To get ready on her wedding day, Lauren donned her mother’s wedding gown, which had been restructured by couture atelier Estelle Chatorrier. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 In other words, get ready to read a lot and yet, surprisingly, to enjoy the immersion, as one might the hushed thrill of a surveillance sequence. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The networks have been paid handsomely to run the sprockets off the 30-second commercial, in which the Kelces scramble to get ready to host a Sunday afternoon of NFL action. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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