ready to roll

ready to roll
ready to roll spoken phrase
ready to start doing something

Everybody is here. We’re ready to roll.

Thesaurus: ready or about to do somethingsynonym
Main entry: roll

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informal (of a person, vehicle, or thing) fully prepared to start functioning or moving

the next morning, the plan was ready to roll

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ready to roll — see roll, 1
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Main Entry:ready
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ready to roll
informal
1 : ready to leave

I am all packed and ready to roll.

2 : ready to start doing something

After we got the loan approved, we were ready to roll.

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Main Entry:roll

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ˌready to ˈroll f10 idiom
(informal) ready to start

The show is just about ready to roll.

Main entry:readyidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • roll — I UK [rəʊl] / US [roʊl] verb Word forms roll : present tense I/you/we/they roll he/she/it rolls present participle rolling past tense rolled past participle rolled *** 1) a) [intransitive] to move forward while turning over and over The pencil… …   English dictionary

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