The new TV series from the Hill Street Blues creator, Steve Bochco, is ready to roll.
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(American) to be going to leave soon.
Give me a call when you're ready to roll, and I'll meet you outside.
idiombe ready to rollto be ready to start doing something, or ready to start operating or being used:By 5:00 next morning, all of the bus crews were down at the depot and ready to roll.Now that we're a successful band we just stroll on stage and find all our equipment there ready to roll.The Message Center answering service should be ready to roll next summer, if regulatory problems are solved.
be ready to roll
To be eager and prepared to take action. Often said when one is ready to leave a certain place. Are you ready yet? The rest of us are ready to roll!After taking a break from my research over the weekend, I was ready to roll on Monday morning.