Definition of "ready and waiting" [ready and waiting]

• Being and remaining ready and available for use (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The First probably had three plans for the Mirari ready and waiting to be implemented."
• "Meeren had his entire outfit ready and waiting, and in next to no time he was trotting up the trail toward the building where most people in the Vale ate together; food was always kept ready and waiting there, but at the usual mealtimes hot, fresh dishes were brought from the kitchen in a steady stream."
• "And now that these matters, and the buildings about the agora, and the gymnasia, and places of instruction, and theatres, are all ready and waiting for scholars and spectators, let us proceed to the subjects which follow marriage in the order of legislation."