“Are You All Set?” Means “Are You Ready?”

“Are You All Set?” Means “Are You Ready?”

“Are you all set?” commonly means “Are you completely ready?” Here, set means ready, not “configured”.

A: Are you all set to leave?
B: Yep, I’ve got my keys and phone.

It can also mean “Do you need anything else?” If a staff member asks, “Can I help you, or are you all set?”, they are checking whether you require further assistance. Both senses describe a state in which everything needed is already in place. When the earlier conversation is about leaving, it asks about readiness; in a service encounter, it asks whether anything more is needed. The expression is natural in everyday Australian English and common in American English as well.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set


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