ready

be ready to roll

1. to be going to start soon. The new TV series from the Hill Street Blues creator, Steve Bochco, is ready to roll.

(American)

2. to be going to leave soon. Give me a call when you're ready to roll, and I'll meet you outside.

See also: roll

fit/ready to drop

extremely tired. I'd just walked 10 miles and I was ready to drop.

See also: drop, fit

ready cash/money

money that is immediately available to spend. They need investors with ready money if they're going to get the project started.

See also: cash, money

rough and ready

1. if you do something in a rough and ready way, you do it quickly and without preparing it carefully. I've done a rough and ready translation of the instructions. I hope it's clear enough.

2. not very polite or well educated. Just a warning about the men who work for him, they're a bit rough and ready.

See also: rough

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at the ready

ready for use. Military police leapt out of the car, their weapons at the ready.

make ready to do something

to prepare to do something. He made ready to jump in the water and swim to shore as soon as the boat neared the beach.

ready to roll

1. prepared to start doing something. Once you have the software loaded, you're ready to roll.

2. prepared to leave. Give me a call when you're ready to roll.

See also: roll