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Meaning of loaded for bear | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

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

Deutsch auf alles vorbereitet für alle Eventualitäten ausgerüstet
Polski uzbrojony po zęby

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⟳.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

loaded; rolling in it loadless loadsome loaf of bread loafered loaferish

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