(UK, Ireland) Ready for action; set to go; good to go.
(UK, Ireland) Ready for action; set to go; good to go.
Tullamore ready for the off(title)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, sports) Ready, set, go.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) To kiss passionately, fondle, or have sex with.
The British English version of the race-starting countdown phrase 'ready, set, go' used in the US. 'Steady' replaces 'set' to mean 'hold your position, prepare to move.' The phrase is the standard British starting call for races, games, and competitions, and is deeply embedded in British childhood experience. Also the name of the influential 1960s British pop music TV show.
(of clothing, UK, Irish) Ready-made in a range of standard sizes (not tailor-made).
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(UK, Ireland, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, dismissal) Go away.