"ready up" meaning in English

See ready up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-ready up.ogg Forms: readies up [present, singular, third-person], readying up [participle, present], readied up [participle, past], readied up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} ready up (third-person singular simple present readies up, present participle readying up, simple past and past participle readied up)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to prepare for use, to get ready Tags: idiomatic, transitive

Inflected forms

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