(Are you) ready to order?

(Are you) ready to order?
(Are you) ready to order?
Would you please tell me what you want as your meal? (A standard phrase used in eating establishments to find out what a customer wants to eat.) •

The waitress came over and asked, “Are you ready to order?”

Tom: I know what I want. What about you, Sally? Are you ready to order? Sally: Don't rush me!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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