make ready to



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.
See also: make, ready

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SonjaZAWN-yah (German), SON-yah (Finnish)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonia
NicolÒnee-ko-LOItalian
Pollyannapahl-ee-AN-ə (English)Literature
Jeaninezha-NEEN (French), jə-NEEN (English)French, English, Dutch
Tzipora-Hebrew
Kalystakə-LIS-təEnglish (Rare)