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bottom gear

American  

noun

British.
  1. low.


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Villa were comfortable in defence and lively down the flanks through Mahmoud Trezeguet and Anwar El Ghazi, although short of the creativity required to take full advantage of Liverpool performing in bottom gear.

From The Guardian Jul. 5, 2020

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