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Meanings of ready and waiting in English

Being and remaining ready and available for use.

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Examples for "waiting"
1
However, the current situation regarding waiting lists is clearly less than satisfactory.
The Irish Times
2
However, many of us may be waiting to 'get our money right'.
Ebony
3
The law said the waiting period should be at least 60 days.
Reuters
4
International best practice indicates waiting times should be less than 90 days.
The Irish Times
5
Getting together with extended family is a good time waiting to happen.
Ebony
Usage of ready and waiting in English
1
The Iraqi opposition has a small militia ready and waiting in Iran.
The Irish Times
2
The SWAT vehicle was parked, ready and waiting, right next to them.
Once bitten, twice dead
3
The bottle was already on ice, ready and waiting behind the bar.
The Information Officer
4
The chopper stood ready and waiting, blades slicing blue sky, energy pulsing.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
5
I was ready and waiting, and drove off comfortably to the railway.
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North
6
So I was swept and empty and ready and waiting-whenshe came.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
7
The date for receiving arrived and found us all ready and waiting.
Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography
8
When I arrived there on October 6th all was ready and waiting.
Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
9
He was always ready and waiting for this, since it never failed.
Memorials of the Faithful
10
Augur, as has been said, had been ready and waiting all day.
History of the Nineteenth Army Corps
11
Mustard Foods have prepared three different food boxes, ready and waiting for order.
The South African
12
The point is young people are ready and waiting to revitalise Britain's cities.
The Guardian
13
When John Major called the election we were ready and waiting.
A journey: my political life
14
Later, when they came upstairs looking for him, he was ready and waiting.
Carrion comfort
15
You'll find him down in Treatment Room Nine-they're ready and waiting.
The Door Into Summer
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Plenty of room to expand over there and a workforce ready and waiting.
For the love of mike