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all systems (are) go

Everything is ready, so a certain task can proceed as planned. The phrase was popularized by the 1960s Space Race, as it was said before rockets were launched. I just checked with the boss, and all systems are go to make the announcement today. All systems go—you should be getting a call from them any minute now.

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All systems (are) go.

Cliché Everything is ready. (Originally said when preparing to launch a rocket.) The rocket is ready to blast off—all systems are go. Tom: Are you guys ready to start playing? Bill: Sure, Tom, all systems go—

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get something out of one's system

 

1. Lit. to get something like food or medicine out of one's body, usually through natural elimination. He'll be more active once he gets the medicine out of his system. My baby, Mary, ate applesauce and has been crying for three hours. She'll stop when she gets the applesauce out of her system.

2. Fig. to be rid of the desire to do something; to do something that you have been wanting to do so that you aren't bothered by wanting to do it anymore. I bought a new car. I've been wanting to for a long time. I'm glad I finally got that out of my system. I can't get it out of my system! I want to go back to school and earn a degree.

3. Fig. to do so much of something that one does not want or need to do it anymore. I got riding roller coasters out of my system when I was young.

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beat the system

to get what you want by not following the usual rules If you have money and know the right people, you have a much better chance of beating the system. Ellen always has some scheme that she thinks will help her beat the system.

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buck the system

to fight against the usual way of doing something Tom spent much of his working life bucking the system, which explains why he didn't get many promotions.

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get something out of your system

to do enough of something so that you do not want to do it any more After last night, I think I can say that I got my desire to party out of my system.

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(it's) all systems go

everything is ready for something to begin Once the new software is installed, it's all systems go.

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get it out of your system

to get rid of a bad feeling or a need to do something, often by expressing that feeling or by doing whatever it is that you want to do If she wants to see the world, it's best that she does it now, while she's young, and gets it out of her system. There's a lot of anger in me and I have to do something to get it out of my system.

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all systems go

something that you say which means everything is ready for a piece of work or period of activity to start We've just got to get the software put in place and then it's all systems go.

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all systems go

Everything is ready for proceeding, as in They've rented a hall and lined up the speakers, so it's all systems go for the rally. Originating in the late 1960s with reference to launching space missiles and vehicles, this expression has been transferred to general use.

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out of one's system

Out of one's thoughts or inclinations. It is often put as get something out of one's system, as in You need to get your ex-husband out of your system, or At the annual all-chocolate buffet I try everything, which gets it out of my system for at least a month , or Let him complain as much as he wants so he'll get it out of his system. This idiom uses system in the sense of "all one's physical and mental functions." [c. 1900]

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All systems are go

sent. Everything is ready or things are going along as planned. (Borrowed from the jargon used during America’s early space exploration.) BILL: Can we leave now? Is the car gassed up and ready? TOM: All systems are go. Let’s get going.

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