gear up

verb

1. (tr) to equip with gears

2. to prepare, esp for greater efficiency

   is our industry geared up for these new challenges?

Example Sentences

The restrictions arrived as New York gears up for a busy weekend, which includes Halloween festivities and the New York City Marathon.

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Is he really gearing up to contest the constitutional limits on his tenure in the White House?

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Badenoch said "that now looks like a lie as she is gearing up to impose more punishing tax hikes".

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As a result, it says it is gearing up to pump enough fuel to help meet the soaring needs of exporters, data centers and heavy industries for years to come.

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Investors need to be actively gearing up for all these possibilities — not just the expected one.

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