Meaning of loaded for bear | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Thoroughly equipped, as for a demanding task or confrontation.
   idiomatic, not-comparable
2. Mentally prepared for a daunting situation or confrontation.
   idiomatic, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“"The whole Jap Navy," said Captain Sams, waving at a map of Japan on the wall behind him, "has been steaming across the Pacific loaded for bear."”

“Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath, loaded for bear.”

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