ready to roll

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ready to roll

1. Eager and prepared to take action. I'm ready to roll! Let's start painting.

2. Ready to leave a certain place. You ready to roll, bro? I gotta be home by midnight.

ready to roll

(of a person or machine) fully prepared to start functioning or moving. informal

ˌready to ˈroll

(informal) ready to start: The show is just about ready to roll.

See also: ready, roll

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Renhaw's extensive range of professional Ready to Roll products has also been expanded with the addition of a variety of different activity and modelling packs to capitalise on the growing trend for colourful celebration and occasion cakes.

Renshaw rolls out updated festive line

Villagers are getting ready to roll out the barrel for their annual race on Easter Monday.

Barrel of laughs

THE green goddesses are ready to roll onto the streets of Merseyside when the national firefighters' strike begins next week.

Goddesses are ready to roll

Government is ready to roll the bulldozers across the green fields of Britain.

Redwood's ten ways to urban regeneration

Actix is the first to market with a solution that addresses the needs of the growing number of operators that are already trialing or getting ready to roll out EV-DO Rev.

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The UK's largest manufacturer of baking ingredients, Renshaw, has extended its range of Ready to Roll Icings to include a new 5kg pack size to further match the needs of bakers and cake decorating professionals.

Renshaw's extended Ready to Roll range

Hundreds of plastic ponchos for band musicians and parade volunteers have been ordered, horses will be fitted with skid-resistant shoes, and float-builders are ready to roll out sheets of plastic to protect orchids and other delicate flowers.

DAMPER ON PARADE? TOURNAMENT OF ROSES TO GO ON, RAIN OR SHINE

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But Task Force Hawk army captain Jeff Settle insisted yesterday: "The pilots are up and ready to roll.

Apaches ready to roll, despite crash

I was in the communal shower area - fully clothed - with the cameras ready to roll when I leant against the wall, turned the shower on and was duly drenched.

Football: Gabby Yorath's column - What a shower

Discera is poised to accelerate into the next phase of the company's growth, as we get ready to roll out new products into the market," said Mr.

Discera Adds Sales Executive to Management Team; Gene Jakubowski Brings Extensive Sales Management Experience with Global Customer Base

We know our model works and we're ready to roll it out nationwide," McCabe said.

WEB-TPA Continues Expansion into New Communities with the Acquisition of Leading Florida TPA Business from FPIC Insurance Group

Disney is ready to roll out a series of films and pilots based on the decision.

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THE Glastonbury Festival was ready to roll today with more than 100,000 fans set to descend on Europe's biggest music event.

Thousands descend on Glastonbury

We were confident we would be there, so when the call came from the organisers we were all ready to roll.