ready to roll
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4.3
- idiom
- Informal
:
listo para empezar
- Primed and ready to roll.
- get ready to roll
- ready to roll now
- team is ready to roll
You put the work in, you're ready to roll.
- You put the work in, you're ready to roll.
- I am not going to show up, not ready to roll.
- I want you to go like that, and then I want you to roll dark for a little bit, like like, you know, OK, you're ready to roll, right?
Examples
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The team is all set and ready to roll for the big game.
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I want everybody loaded on and ready to roll, now -
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All right, big chief, you ready to roll?
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- Are we ready to roll?
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You guys ready to roll yet?
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Let's get ready to roll, boys.
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Just wait for us outside, ready to roll at a moment's notice.
Fiction book (2001) -
When I talked to Russ when he came in, I said, "Are you ready to roll?"
Blog text (15) -
Once you've attached it to a computer or iPad, you're ready to roll.
Blog text (14) -
Warden Richman says, "We take the woman at her lowest ebb, and we prep her; we get her ready to roll."
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
170
1.6
Completely ready to begin
103
1.3
Ready to use or do something when needed
85
3.5
Ready to start or continue something
20
3.5
Prepared and available to use immediately
12
2.8
Completely prepared and willing to begin
7
3.0
Fully prepared and available to begin or help right away
1
4.6
Ready to take action or respond quickly
Prepared and alert to act immediately
How Prepared
- Informal
29
4.3
- Informal
1
5.5
∞
1.0
69
2.8
1
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'ready' combined with the verb 'roll' (metaphorically 'to start moving/operate') makes the overall meaning partly derivable: a learner can infer 'prepared to begin' from knowing 'ready' and an extended sense of 'roll' as 'get going'. However, the idiomatic, colloquial use ('ready to start') is a metaphorical extension rather than a literal composition, so it is not fully predictable for a B1 learner without some exposure.
Etymology
Ready to roll may come from old cars or film crews: imagine an engine starting to move or a camera beginning to roll, so everything is ready to go. That's why it means 'fully prepared to begin'.