Usually means: Prepare quickly for impending action.
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  1. ready up: Wiktionary
  2. ready up: Dictionary.com

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  1. ready up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ready up: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) to prepare for use, to get ready

Similar:
get ready, ready, gear up, able, set up, prepare, dite, cue up, stage, tee up, more...

Phrases:
ready to give up, a evil woman all ready to pucker up, a woman all ready to pucker up, more...

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Similar:
get ready, ready, gear up, able, set up, prepare, dite, cue up, stage, tee up, more...

Phrases:
ready to give up, a evil woman all ready to pucker up, a woman all ready to pucker up, more...



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