Mop
Ready
Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.
Both words in one sentence
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He's rarely far away from backup forces that are ready to move at his signal, but even then, most of the time they only come into play to mop up after he's already dealt the deciding blow.
Source: Literature / Lensman - Dizzy then gets ready to break the mop and use it against the principal.
- Then, when he's just about ready to give up, his MOP comrades start a Navy SEAL cadence to encourage him to continue on, and he succeeds using that.
Source: Literature / Formic Wars
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