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all systems go

all systems go phrase: everything is ready.

Phrase

all systems go

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Everything is ready.
    • All systems go, the sun hasn't died
      Deep in my bones, straight from inside2012, Alex da Kid, Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Josh Mosser, “Radioactive”, in Continued Silence EP, performed by Imagine Dragons

Origin of all systems go

Originally used in the aerospace industry to indicate a preparedness to launch.

Questions about all systems go

What does all systems go mean?
All systems go means everything is ready.
What part of speech is all systems go?
All systems go is a phrase.

Words near all systems go in the dictionary

  1. All Souls' Day
  2. all square
  3. all standing
  4. all students take calculus
  5. all style and no substance
  6. all systems go
  7. all talk
  8. all talk and no action
  9. all talk and no cider
  10. all talk and trousers
  11. all talk, no action

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