Idioms

lock and load

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lock and load

1. Prepare your weapon for use, as in battle. Hear that grass crunching? Lock and load—they're coming.
2. By extension, prepare for something that is soon to happen. Lock and load, everybody. The CEO is on his way down.
See also: and, load, lock
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