- at the ready
- {adj. phr.} Ready for use. * /The sailor stood at the bow, harpoon at the ready, as the boat neared the whale./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
at the ready
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at the ready — {adj. phr.} Ready for use. * /The sailor stood at the bow, harpoon at the ready, as the boat neared the whale./ … Dictionary of American idioms
at\ the\ ready — adj. phr. Ready for use. The sailor stood at the bow, harpoon at the ready, as the boat neared the whale … Словарь американских идиом
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Ready — Read y (r[e^]d [y^]), a. [Compar. {Readier} (r[e^]d [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[ a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ready money — Ready Read y (r[e^]d [y^]), a. [Compar. {Readier} (r[e^]d [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[ a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ready reckoner — Ready Read y (r[e^]d [y^]), a. [Compar. {Readier} (r[e^]d [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[ a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
