Be ready
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Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Both terms in one sentence
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Fortunately, they don't show up a lot, but when they do, be ready for a bad time.
Source: Demonic Spiders / Dark Souls - Extreme Omnivore: Maggie has her followers eat live earthworms to show their commitment and to teach them to be ready to eat anything when resources are limited.
Source: Film / Sound of My Voice -
He also tells Allgood he had better be ready at a moment's notice in case the unreliable actor Selsdon fails to show up or the neurotic Freddy passes out from whatever illness.
Source: Exhausted Eye Bags
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