"ready for the off" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the notion that horses, greyhounds and racegoers that are ready for the off (beginning) of a race are ready for the action that subsequently follows.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ready for the off (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 July 27, Caitriona Murphy, “Tullamore ready for the off”, in independent.ie, archived from the original on 2023-04-24:",
          "text": "Tullamore ready for the off(title)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 12, Martin Wainwright, “Bradford West byelection almost ready for the off”, in TheGuardian, archived from the original on 2015-10-12:",
          "text": "Bradford West byelection almost ready for the off(title)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 25, Basil Jay, Sliding Down the Bannisters of Life, page 67:",
          "text": "\"My thoughts exactly I said, so I am going to get ready for the off\", now getting ready for the off meant taking off your pads and your whites (trousers) removing your jockstrap and box, pitting your trousers back on, packing your bag, and you were ready to go.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Richard Pike, Phantom Boys Volume 2:",
          "text": "Both aircraft began to lean forward against the brakes, like greyhounds ready for the 'off'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ready for action; set to go; good to go."
      ],
      "id": "en-ready_for_the_off-en-adj-aaTH3hxB",
      "links": [
        [
          "good to go",
          "good to go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Ireland) Ready for action; set to go; good to go."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ready for the off"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the notion that horses, greyhounds and racegoers that are ready for the off (beginning) of a race are ready for the action that subsequently follows.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ready for the off (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Irish English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 July 27, Caitriona Murphy, “Tullamore ready for the off”, in independent.ie, archived from the original on 2023-04-24:",
          "text": "Tullamore ready for the off(title)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 12, Martin Wainwright, “Bradford West byelection almost ready for the off”, in TheGuardian, archived from the original on 2015-10-12:",
          "text": "Bradford West byelection almost ready for the off(title)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 25, Basil Jay, Sliding Down the Bannisters of Life, page 67:",
          "text": "\"My thoughts exactly I said, so I am going to get ready for the off\", now getting ready for the off meant taking off your pads and your whites (trousers) removing your jockstrap and box, pitting your trousers back on, packing your bag, and you were ready to go.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Richard Pike, Phantom Boys Volume 2:",
          "text": "Both aircraft began to lean forward against the brakes, like greyhounds ready for the 'off'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ready for action; set to go; good to go."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good to go",
          "good to go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Ireland) Ready for action; set to go; good to go."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ready for the off"
}