Collocations for "ready"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ready" in context.
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ready
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- [will] be ready [in March, by 5:00]
- [will] be ready [on, in] time
- [will, should] be ready just in case
- am ready for [anything, action, more, the next step]
- ready for you to [wear, pick up, eat]
- (don't) feel ready for the [exam, trip, interview]
- am ready to [go, have, try]
- is time to get ready (to go, for vacation)
- is ready and [willing, waiting, available]
- am ready [when, whenever] you are
- are you ready (yet)?
- ready or not, here I come!
- UK: ready, steady, go!
- ready, set, go!
- get ready [to go out, for dinner]
- [give me, I need] 10 minutes to get ready
- a ready [wit, reply, response]
- [$100] in ready [money, cash]
- [funds, money] ready for
- comes internet ready
- a rough-and-ready [fighter, volunteer, servant]
- is a little rough and ready
- readied himself for the [day, competition, news]
- readied herself for a [trip, flight, vacation]
- ready yourself to [perform, speak]
- ready yourself before [work, a date]
- ready yourself in the [morning, evening]
- [could not, impossible to] ready yourself
- ready the [car, horses, oven]
- ready the room for the [guests, party]
- ready it for use
- the [chef, cook] was readying [lunch, dinner]
- UK: [look, ask, search] for the readies
- UK: [make, have] the readies available
- UK: [cough up, fork out, come up with] the readies (for)
- UK: have you got the readies?
- UK: didn't have enough readies for the [ticket, jacket, stereo]
- UK: [took, handed, gave] out the readies
- [stood, waited] at the ready (for)
- have your [details, ingredients, camera] at the ready
- readied himself for the [day, competition, news]
- UK: [look, ask, search] for the readies
- [will] be ready [in March, by 5:00]
- readied herself for a [trip, flight, vacation]
- UK: [make, have] the readies available
- [will] be ready [on, in] time
- ready yourself to [perform, speak]
- UK: [cough up, fork out, come up with] the readies (for)
- [will, should] be ready just in case
- ready yourself before [work, a date]
- UK: have you got the readies?
- am ready for [anything, action, more, the next step]
- ready yourself in the [morning, evening]
- UK: didn't have enough readies for the [ticket, jacket, stereo]
- ready for you to [wear, pick up, eat]
- [could not, impossible to] ready yourself
- UK: [took, handed, gave] out the readies
- (don't) feel ready for the [exam, trip, interview]
- ready the [car, horses, oven]
- [stood, waited] at the ready (for)
- am ready to [go, have, try]
- ready the room for the [guests, party]
- have your [details, ingredients, camera] at the ready
- is time to get ready (to go, for vacation)
- ready it for use
- is ready and [willing, waiting, available]
- the [chef, cook] was readying [lunch, dinner]
- am ready [when, whenever] you are
- are you ready (yet)?
- ready or not, here I come!
- UK: ready, steady, go!
- ready, set, go!
- get ready [to go out, for dinner]
- [give me, I need] 10 minutes to get ready
- a ready [wit, reply, response]
- [$100] in ready [money, cash]
- [funds, money] ready for
- comes internet ready
- an oven-ready [meal, turkey]
- ready-made [furniture, frames, rigs]
- ready-prepared [meals, dish, vegetables]
- a rough-and-ready [fighter, volunteer, servant]
- is a little rough and ready
'ready' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ASAP
- D
- December
- ID
- July
- June
- November
- October
- September
- able
- adventure
- age
- aim
- alibi
- almost
- arm
- assembly
- avocado
- awake
- battle
- be
- bed
- begin
- bidding
- board
- broadcast
- bumpy
- burst
- call
- cash
- changing
- cock
- collection
- commercial
- commit
- dare
- definitely
- departure
- dinner
- disaster
- document
- download
- dressing
- excited
- family
- field
- fight
- fire
- fully
- get