raring

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Australia's stars said they were fit and raring to face India after their one-day clean sweep against Bangladesh.

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  • Italy battled hard, but they were up against a team that look well prepared and raring to go. —  Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News
  • I haven't acted in a couple of years due to some personal issues, but I'm back and raring to go.
  • All politically correct, genderised, and raring to go. —  A View from Middle England by Arden Forester
  • Australia's cricket stars said they were fit and raring to face India after their leisurely one-day clean sweep against Bangladesh. —  Turkish Press
  • The Numbers Game: How batsmen occupying one of the more difficult slots in Tests have shone recently One of the world's fastest women bowlers is raring to get going at her first World Cup —  Cricinfo news from Cricinfo
 

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  1. Present participle of dialectal rare, to rear, variant of rear2.
 

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