make ready to (do something)

to prepare to do something.

He made ready to jump in the water and swim to shore as soon as the boat neared the beach.

• look askance at
• look askance at someone
• look askance at something
• look back
• Look before you leap.
• look daggers at
• look daggers at someone
• look down nose at
• look down nose at someone
• look down nose at something
• look down on
• look down on someone
• look down on something
• look down your nose at
• look down your nose at someone
• look down your nose at something
• look for
• look for something
• look for trouble
• look forward to
• look forward to something
• look here
• look high and low
• look high and low for
• look high and low for something