Give and Ready

Give

Give verb - To make a present of.

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Ready and give are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead a verb "Give".

Nearby Words: giving, given, giver

Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.

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Give and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Give" instead a verb "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

power	give power	ready power
life	give life	ready life
attack	give attack	ready attack
speech	give speech	ready speech
Other words: order, chance, death, time, bit, shot, option, gun.

Older Than Television: In the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Sign of Four (1890), the bad guys try to escape Holmes and the police on a steam boat, but the police have their own patrol boat ready and give chase, exchanging bullets and poison darts.

Source: Convenient Escape Boat
Marvel's Kang The Conqueror did this, broadcasting his speech on every TV, radio, and Internet-capable computer in the world ("in the local majority language") to let Earth know he was going to conquer it, so get ready and give him a good fight.

Source: Do Not Adjust Your Set
It can be seen as Foreshadowing; he is ready to struggle, she is ready to give up.

Source: Film / Eat, Pray, Love

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