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