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oven-ready

adjective

  1. (of various foods) bought already prepared so that they are ready to be cooked in the oven
  2. (of a new employee) ready to start work immediately without further training

    oven-ready graduates

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“That doesn’t mean reversing the decision and going back into the EU but the deal we’ve got, it was said to be oven-ready. It wasn’t even half-baked,” he told the BBC.

The effect has been to double U.S. retail egg costs in a year, with oven-ready chicken prices in the U.K. up by a quarter or more.

Takeout: Thanksgiving kit including an oven-ready all-natural brined turkey stuffed with herbs and citrus, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, haricots verts with compound butter and toasted almonds and more available for delivery or pickup.

Despite this opposition, he ploughed ahead, taking the UK out of the EU in January 2020 after winning a general election the previous month, insisting his deal was "oven-ready".

From BBC

Mr Šefčovič said the EU proposals were "oven-ready" and would offer stability and legal clarity to firms.

From BBC

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