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ready to be drawn



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Biden was not ready to be drawn into that argument at that point.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2020

Gold pieces accumulate in the banks, ready to be drawn out, given as presents, redeposited and sent back to the Reserve vaults again.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had a memory which made everything he read his own, ready to be drawn upon at a moment's notice.

From Modern English Books of Power by Fitch, George Hamlin

Shake the pillows, change the cases if necessary, and replace them on the left side of the bed, ready to be drawn back into position.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red

Every evening he assembled all the men-at-arms by the war-horn out of the town; and for a long time in the winter they lay under arms all night, ready to be drawn up in array.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson