be ready to roll

be ready to roll
1. to be going to start soon.

The new TV series from the Hill Street Blues creator, Steve Bochco, is ready to roll. (American)

2. to be going to leave soon.

Give me a call when you're ready to roll, and I'll meet you outside.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • ready to roll — spoken phrase ready to start doing something Everybody is here. We’re ready to roll. Thesaurus: ready or about to do somethingsynonym Main entry: roll * * * informal …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ready to Roll — Infobox Album Name = Ready to Roll Type = Studio Artist = Thelma Houston Released = 1978 Recorded = Genre = R B Length = Label = Motown Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Ready to Roll is the sixth album by Thelma Houston …   Wikipedia

  • ready to roll — 1. prepared to start doing something. Once you have the software loaded, you re ready to roll. 2. prepared to leave. Give me a call when you re ready to roll …   New idioms dictionary

  • ready to roll — spoken ready to start doing something Everybody is here. We re ready to roll …   English dictionary

  • Ready (web) roll — Подготовленный к работе рулон …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • roll — roll1 W3S1 [rəul US roul] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(round object)¦ 2¦(person/animal)¦ 3¦(shape of tube/ball)¦ 4¦(make something flat)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6¦(something with wheels)¦ 7¦(drop of liquid)¦ 8¦(waves/clouds)¦ 9¦(game)¦ 10¦( …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • roll — roll1 [ roul ] verb *** ▸ 1 move while turning ▸ 2 move on wheels ▸ 3 move from side to side ▸ 4 change direction faced ▸ 5 move across surface ▸ 6 wrap something around itself ▸ 7 produce long low sound ▸ 8 machine: work ▸ 9 make substance flat… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • roll — 1 verb 1 ROUND OBJECT (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) if something that is round rolls or if you roll it, it moves along a surface by turning over and over: The ball rolled into the street. | roll sth: Maybe we can roll the log to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ready — 1 adjective 1 PREPARED (not before noun) prepared for what you are going to do: Come on. Aren t you ready yet? | ready to do sth: Everything s packed, and we re ready to leave. (+ for): I don t want to take the test yet; I m not ready for it. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • roll — I UK [rəʊl] / US [roʊl] verb Word forms roll : present tense I/you/we/they roll he/she/it rolls present participle rolling past tense rolled past participle rolled *** 1) a) [intransitive] to move forward while turning over and over The pencil… …   English dictionary

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