to get ready to do something

Getting ready to do something.

vernacular peculiar to the the southern US, means one is about to do something or it is in the process of being done.

About to, or getting ready to. Contrary to popular belief this phrase is not used only in the south, althought it is greatly used there.

A moronic, poorly used English phrase, meaning: I'm getting ready to do (whatever the task may be), or I am preparing for something. Normally used by common hicks from the south, often those who have betrayed their fiances...

Getting ready to (do something). Pronounced "fixin ta" or when contracted further "finna". There are phonemes not used in standard American English in these pronunciations so these translations are not completely accurate. Often thought to be limited to Southern white speakers (fixin' to) or African American speakers (finna) the phrase has made it into Standard American speech as "fixing to".