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at the ready
Idioms and Phrases
Available for immediate use, as in Umbrellas at the ready, we were prepared to brave the storm . This idiom was originally a military term in which the ready denoted the position of a firearm prepared to be raised and aimed or fired. [First half of 1800s]Example Sentences
“These sanctions against Russia are at the ready and will receive overwhelming bipartisan, bicameral support if presented to the Senate and House for a vote,” the senator said in a statement.
I had all the information I needed, along with a garden hose at the ready, and so did everybody else.
A fleet of buses will also be at the ready to help transport Mexicans back to their hometowns.
I’m talking about lack of preparation and planning, whether it’s having an earthquake kit at the ready or clearing brush.
Its caretakers had firefighting equipment, hoses and standpipes at the ready to draw water across different points of the property.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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