ready, steady, go!

ready, steady, go

An instruction to begin something, typically some kind of competition. The phrase is commonly used at the beginning of a race to indicate when the competitors can start. Primarily heard in UK. Is everyone in their positions? OK then, ready, steady, go!
See also: go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ready, steady, ˈgo!

(British English) (also (get) ready, (get) set, ˈgo! American English, British English ) what you say to tell people to start a race
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See also:
  • on your mark(s), get set, go
  • on your mark, get set, go
  • on your marks, get set, go!
  • ready, set, go
  • ready, steady, go
  • fold, spindle, or mutilate
  • (one's) best foot forward
  • bear in mind (that)
  • bear in mind that
  • and the rest
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HE LOVED YOU, YEAH, YEAH
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Obituary
Indeed, it was Dusty who introduced Motown to England, hosting a seminal Ready, Steady, Go! special that featured the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes--and Martha and the Vandellas, whom Dusty got to know in 1964, when she traveled to New York to do a mostly Motown holiday show at the Brooklyn Fox theater.
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