Antonyms for make ready

Grammar : Verb

Spell : meyk-red-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪkˌrɛd i

Definition of make ready

Origin : early 13c., "to administer;" c.1300, "to take aim;" mid-14c., "to prepare, make ready," from ready (adj.). Related: Readied; readying.

As in inure : verb accustom
As in arm : verb equip with weapon or power
As in arrange : verb make plans, often involving agreement
As in mobilize : verb ready for action, movement
As in prime : verb get ready; prepare
As in process : verb subject to series of actions to achieve result
As in ready : verb prepare
As in set : verb position, place
As in train : verb prepare
As in militarize : verb convert for military use
As in condition : verb adapt, prepare
As in do : verb carry out
As in dress : verb physically prepare; groom
As in embattle : verb prepare for battle
As in gird : verb encircle; strengthen

Example sentences :

This he jerked up and down to make ready for his task of thrashing "the pigmy."
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

She laid it carefully upon her bed, and began to make ready to put it on.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

She there and then engaged them, and bade them make ready to set out at once.
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

I am just now running to warn Deschamps to make ready the dungeon cell.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

It sounds well enow, but who is to make ready this feasting?
Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin

But now, however, let us obey dark night, and make ready suppers.
Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer

Therefore the boys had to make ready for the bath in their tents.
Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman

"You will make ready for a strenuous afternoon," he said to them sharply.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Methuselah » by John Kendrick Bangs

We wish you four girls to be our guests as soon as you can make ready to come to us.
Extract from : « Madge Morton's Secret » by Amy D. V. Chalmers

Only as long as my mother needs to make ready for the journey.
Extract from : « Allison Bain » by Margaret Murray Robertson

Synonyms for make ready

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