How to Use ready to roll in a Sentence

ready to roll

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  • Coach Bryant and his staff are gonna make sure those guys are ready to roll.
    Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • There's one major caveat: Not all of the cars are ready to roll off the lot just yet.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Maybe that should have been the clue that UConn, despite being a No. 4 seed, was ready to roll.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023
  • With everything ready to roll, a live feed of your car’s front and rear pops up on the main menu of the Ring app.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The Cougars have lots of gaps – on paper – to fill, but plenty of talent ready to roll.
    al, 11 July 2022
  • Dab a little on your cheekbones and cupid's bow, and ready to roll.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 June 2022
  • In my kitchen, with those two pots of hot oil ready to roll and a sheet pan full of chicken, things did not go as planned.
    WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Just juice up your phone, make sure your car is ready to roll, grab your go-to road snacks, and let your smartphone do the hard work.
    USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The device costs around $140 with free delivery and is ready to roll right out of the box without a SIM card.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Her eyes are red raw and glossy with tears, ready to roll into the back of her head in gut-wrenching despair.
    Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The Red Sox have their full complement of starting pitchers back and ready to roll.
    Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • The cart comes ready to roll with four caster feet and an easy-to-maneuver top handle.
    Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
  • Help your favorite skier fix and keep his gear ready to roll with this all-in-one tuning kit.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Their fears eased by start time, when nearly 50 riders had arrived and were ready to roll.
    Andrea McHugh, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • But the strikes are in the rearview mirror, and the organizers of the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards are ready to roll out the red carpet.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The article passed review and editing at the Times, the typesetting ready to roll.
    Aryeh Neier, The New York Review of Books, 22 June 2023
  • Even at 30min till ceremony, all the vendors, supplies and set up, are there and ready to roll.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • What’s more, most studios and streamers prepared for months for a strike and have completed shows ready to roll.
    Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Kay Adams is getting ready to roll the dice on a new opportunity.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Clarke said Thursday that system is progressing but isn’t ready to roll out.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Each member of the partnership was ready to roll out programming to tell the story in their own manner.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Likely starting with King but with the seasoned Johnson ready to roll if King falters.
    Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • For years, companies and techno-bros have been saying that self-driving cars are ready to roll.
    Wired Staff, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Stir-frying goes quickly, so make sure your ingredients are all cut and ready to roll.
    Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • From changes in staffing plans to new skill sets, guidance and clear expectations go a long way to ensuring the staff team is ready to roll out the new system.
    Jason Cottrell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
  • After 38 years, Ralph Freehaus is ready to roll credits on his career in the movie theater business.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Some days, journalists were at the scene, their television cameras set up on an out-of-sight patch of pavement, ready to roll when a mourner showed up.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Enlarge / Boeing says its Starliner spacecraft is ready to roll to the launch pad in Florida.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022
  • Then with the return of Booker, Phoenix appeared ready to roll past the pesky Pelicans and end the series, but needed a perfect performance from Paul to win the game.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Luckily, plenty of people are ready to roll alongside you.
    Jessica Benda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022

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