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all systems go

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All systems (are) go.

Cliché Everything is ready. (Originally said when preparing to launch a rocket.) The rocket is ready to blast off—all systems are go. Tom: Are you guys ready to start playing? Bill: Sure, Tom, all systems go—

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(it's) all systems go

everything is ready for something to begin Once the new software is installed, it's all systems go.

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all systems go

something that you say which means everything is ready for a piece of work or period of activity to start We've just got to get the software put in place and then it's all systems go.

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all systems go

Everything is ready for proceeding, as in They've rented a hall and lined up the speakers, so it's all systems go for the rally. Originating in the late 1960s with reference to launching space missiles and vehicles, this expression has been transferred to general use.

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