make ready
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Giving up the family business is not an option, he says, as he supervises port staff who unload buckets of fish to wash and make ready for auction and then the market.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2023
Washington, in comparison, does not make ready use of peers.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022
The Soviet captain thought he was under attack and gave orders to make ready to dive and fire at the nearest destroyer, the USS Cony.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2021
Xi wants China to create 50,000 special “soccer schools” within 10 years – partly to get deskbound schoolchildren fit – and to make ready 140,000 pitches.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2017
‘I will send my people to you in the morning to help you make ready for the journey. Now we will wish you all a fair night and untroubled sleep.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
![]()