Be ready
Both terms in one sentence
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Seriously, the guy needed to be ready for a match the next day, and even if he knew he could have beaten Hood, there was a very high chance he could have gotten injured somehow.
Source: Series / Banshee - No better example is Tiger Mask training to Teppei after defeating Black V, in which he imposes him hard exercises and motivates him with what he himself calls "fear of death" so that in a real match Teppei will be ready.
Source: Cruel to Be Kind - If you want to pick it up, you'd better be ready for a Mirror Match.
Source: Self-Guarding Phlebotinum
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Match and Be ready. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/be_ready/match
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