get set

Idioms and Phrases

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

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

From NewsForKids.net

So as the Lakers get set to open their title defense of the NBA Cup on Friday in San Antonio with virtually the same roster as a year ago, it’s more than fair to wonder what, if anything, these stretch of games means to them.

From Los Angeles Times

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

If an evacuation order means “go,” an evacuation warning is the equivalent of “get set.”

From Los Angeles Times

Can he give himself the chance to get set at the crease?

From BBC

Related Words

• arrange
• brace
• equip
• fit
• fix
• gird
• provide
• warm up