Get ready means to prepare yourself for something: going out, a trip or an event. Get something ready means to prepare it: get dinner ready, get the documents ready. The phrase works for everyday routines (getting dressed, packing a bag) and for preparing for a task: an exam, a meeting or a project launch.
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get ready + for + noun; get ready + to + verb; get + something + ready
- I usually get ready for work in fifteen minutes and have breakfast at the office.
- The whole team is getting ready to launch the new app next month.
- Could you get the spare room ready before my parents arrive on Friday?
What changed
First versionI need a quiet weekend to get ready to the exam.
RevisionI need a quiet weekend to get ready for the exam.
It is easy to use to before an event, as if you were moving towards it. But after get ready, to goes only before a verb: get ready to leave. Before an event or a task, use for: get ready for the exam.
Get ready describes the preparation, and be ready describes the result. I'm getting ready means you are still getting dressed or packing. I'm ready means you can leave now.
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We're getting ready ___ go out, so please turn off the TV.
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to — The gap is followed by the verb go, and a verb needs to: getting ready to go out. For goes before a noun: getting ready for the party.
Describe how you get ready for work or study in the morning. Say how long it takes and what you do first.
It takes me about twenty minutes to get ready for work, and the first thing I do is make coffee.
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