ready up

verb

to prepare for use, to get ready

Meanings

verbready up (third-person singular simple present readies up, present participle readying up, simple past and past participle readied up)

present singular third person readies up · participle present readying up · participle past readied up · past readied up

  1. idiomatictransitiveto prepare for use, to get ready
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