Jan 20, 2018 · It comes from the phrase "Get ready. Get set. Go!" which is traditionally used to start a foot race. The shorter phrase is "Ready.

Jul 11, 2011 · "Get set"/"Set"/"Steady" - Assume and hold your "launch" pose; this is different than simply "taking your mark", because in most races with this or a similar procedure, no …

This is from a very commonly used expression from childhood in Canada during the 1950s & probably into the 1960s. It derived from "Get ready, get set, go!", and was used for a race of …

Dec 15, 2012 · However, about the time set by the ears began to die a similar idiom arose in the US, listed in the 1976 Supplement, again s.v. Ear. 1. h. to get (a person) up on his ears, to …

Nov 2, 2015 · This webpage discusses idioms or phrases for completing a task or event.

Jan 2, 2019 · An expression denoting a desirable set of characteristics. Then you would want "is", since "set" is singular. An expression denoting a set of desirable characteristics. Then you …

I need to get a better dictionary. – Michael Lorton. Commented Apr 17, 2011 at 17:14. Add a comment | 4

There is a logical reason for including the commas. As Anonymous Man points out *in fact*s are superfluous, especially when their "parentheticality" is not reinforced by being set-off with …

Jul 18, 2018 · 2. set foot on. Step on on, as in We were so happy to set foot on dry land. {c. 1600} A search of Early English Books Online turns up a match for "set foote in" from James …

Sep 24, 2019 · For the same reason they can only enter into the simple catenative construction, not the complex one. The ordinary verb want can enter into either: They want to get a new car …