Usage of "at the ready"

At the ready.

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Usage of at the ready in English

As long as they've got a replacement at the ready, of course. 
 Wired 

But Commander Whitson's still up there, space power wrench at the ready. 
 Wired 

Troops moved into position above the courtyard with crossbows at the ready. 
 Vrin: ten mortal gods 

The United States continues to stand at the ready to provide airlift. 
 Reuters 

Behind me Nightingale came up backwards, his cane held at the ready. 
 Rivers of London 

Out of the forest came a construct, its weapons at the ready. 
 Tetrarch (Well of Echoes) 

Specifically, information from Google, which in Gboard is always at the ready. 
 Wired 

Carbine still held at the ready, Oram followed him around the room. 
 Alien: Covenant 

Jun just nodded toward the stalls, keeping his weapon at the ready. 
 Mech 

Justin nodded but remained in a defensive position, fists at the ready. 
 The unincorporated man 

Fet pulled open both doors, Eph with his lamp at the ready. 
 The strain 

Happy to oblige, he came to meet it, knife at the ready. 
 Complete Books of Blood 

As promised, Danny was waiting in baggage claim, cart at the ready. 
 Spider bones: a novel 

Calculators at the ready then, it's that time of the season again. 
 The Irish Times 

Autograph books were creased open on clean pages, pens at the ready. 
 The Irish Times 

Suzie was quickly there at my side again, shotgun at the ready. 
 A Hard Day’s Knight 

Meanings of at the ready in English