all systems go
Everything is ready.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Everything is ready and it is all systems go.”
“The team finished the final checks, so it is all systems go for the launch tomorrow morning.”
“With the final safety protocols verified and the crew in position, the mission control director declared that it was all systems go for the historic flight.”
Originally used in the aerospace industry, the phrase was established to indicate a collective preparedness for a rocket launch. It served as a verbal confirmation that each individual component was functioning correctly and that the operation was ready to proceed.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
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enough to go around
There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.
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from the word go
From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.
Last updated August 10, 2026