🗓️ Idiom: All Systems Go (adj)
💬 Meaning
- Everything is ready and functioning correctly for a plan or project to begin.
- There are no delays, and all parts or people are prepared to move forward.
🧠 Example Sentences
- After weeks of preparation, it’s finally all systems go for the product launch.
- The team confirmed that it’s all systems go for tomorrow’s conference.
- Once the final budget was approved, it was all systems go on the expansion plan.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from space and aviation testing, where systems are checked before a launch. If all systems are working correctly, the launch is allowed to proceed. It’s now used more generally in business and life.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
Now that the client has signed the contract, it’s __________.
Answer
all systems go
2. Choose the correct meaning of “all systems go”:
A) Something has gone wrong
B) Everything is ready to begin
C) Only part of the plan is ready
Answer
B) Everything is ready to begin
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The team has prepared everything and is ready to start.”
→ Change the sentence using: all systems go
Answer
It’s all systems go for the team.
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