clear the decks
ready
provide
arm
gird
work
ripe
steer
prep
batten down the hatches
mobilise
primed
make do
summon
mobilize
marshal
preparation
pull the trigger
set about
make a move
tee up
walk a tightrope
play the odds
preparatorily
veracity
marching orders
reluctance
preparational
intention
tread carefully
preconditioning
foreform
measure twice and cut once
strike out
look to
interpose
yark
stimulate
advice
in fighting trim
involve
execute
groom
choose
worked
arrangement
lay
woman up
plan
take possession
move
have it on lock
think about
take upon oneself
be after
plow ahead
react
arrange
lock and load
go ahead
play one's cards right
jump on
preactively
at play
cut out
ontake
step in
batten down
militarization
articulate
mobilization
step up to the plate
keep one's stick on the ice
play by the rules
militarisation
preprepare
mobilisation
do well
be active
wait and see
embattle
roadmap
have at
get in on the act
buskle
limber up
see one's way clear to
boun
gird up one's loins
exert
prescript
subserve
librate
rule
causative
embarkment
have the cards in one's hands