with bells on meaning

[American idiom]
eagerly, willingly, and on time.
• Oh, yes! I'll meet you at the restaurant. I'll be there with bells on.
• All the smiling children were there waiting for me with bells on their toes.

[American slang]
Fig. eagerly, willingly, and on time.
  Oh, yes! I'll meet you at the restaurant. I'll be there with bells on.
  All the smiling children were there waiting for me with bells on their toes.

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1. l'll be at your meeting all right, with bells on
2. l'll be at your meeting all right, with bells on
3. "I'll be there, with bells on.
4. I expect Dennis to be here tomorrow with bells on.
5. Destiny had summoned them and they arrived with bells on.