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.
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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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She raised her hand and called 'ready, steady, go!' and the children all sprinted across the lawn.
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(UK, sports) Ready, set, go.
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