Synonym: at the ready. Similar words: ready, get ready, already, thready, readying, already in, ready money, ready made. Meaning: adj. ready for immediate use.
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(31) Each stood at the ready, one eye on the pylon, the other on my raised arm.
(32) I always have my notebook at the ready position.
(33) He is holding a gun at the ready.
(34) Their guns were at the ready.
(35) On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.
(36) It may send reminders about scheduled tasks and needed parts, so parts can be ordered and be at the ready for the scheduled maintenance.
(37) Should the deal with Spyker fall through, Genii and partners remained at the ready to pursue talks with GM, Carlstrom said.
(38) The pictures show Robert Hawkins with his gun at the ready, walking through a department store.
(39) He must keep his camera at the ready for quite a long time.
(40) It requires institutions that are fast, flexible, and accountable, that can give voice to the voiceless with resources at the ready.
(41) I did not have my bunch of keys at the ready like a makeshift knuckle-duster.
(42) The Building was surrounded by a fence topped with concertina wire, and at the gate post,(www.Sentencedict.com) four soldiers stood with their M16s at the ready.
(43) All the runners were at the ready, awaiting the pistol shot that would start the race.
(44) Instead, there would be the visit to the local barber, cut-throat and perfumes at the ready, to restore that baby-faced freshness, for a special occasion perhaps, or just to lift the spirits.
(45) Jack pulls up to the port, and gingerly approaches the warehouse with gun at the ready.
(46) He regularly posed, cigar in hand and wise - crack at the ready, for press photographs.
(47) Matthew was gone out the window, and a good thing, too, because Father slammed through the door in his nightshirt, wild-eyed and -haired, cedar rod from his workshop, thick as a branch, at the ready.
(48) The Rutskoi party, arms at the ready, arrived at the villa and met no resistance.
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