Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Ready for action; set to go; good to go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From the notion that horses, greyhounds and racegoers that are ready for the off (beginning) of a race are ready for the action that subsequently follows.
