all systems go

phrase

Everything is ready.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. idiomaticinformalEverything is ready.

    All systems go, the sun hasn't died Deep in my bones, straight from inside

    2012, Alex da Kid, Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Josh Mosser, “Radioactive”, in Continued Silence EP, performed by Imagine Dragons

Origin

Originally used in the aerospace industry to indicate a preparedness to launch.

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Translations

Latvian startam gatavs
  • startam gatavseverything is ready
Polish wszystkie systemy sprawne
  • wszystkie systemy sprawneeverything is ready
Cite this entry
APA

all systems go. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20systems%20go

MLA

“all systems go.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20systems%20go. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all systems go,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20systems%20go.

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