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Synonyms

get set

Idioms  

  1. Prepare to go, as in Get set; the taxi's coming. This phrase is also a synonym for get ready. Also see under all set.

Example Sentences

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Delta expects the top line to keep climbing in the final stretch of 2025, providing an upbeat readout of holiday travel as other airlines get set to report earnings over the coming weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

As the gates open to Glastonbury on Wednesday it's looking like a fine day to get set up with temperatures rising to 25C.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

Sharon — who met her husband at a summer theater program — saw this as an opening: They’d get set up in California and use the movie as leverage to get Keke more work.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024

Most of Mr. Rush’s records get set at his home, with volunteers helping out, carefully recording the event.

From NewsForKids.net • Oct. 31, 2024

On defense he could jump as high as I could if I let him get set.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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