gear up
Britishverb
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(tr) to equip with gears
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to prepare, esp for greater efficiency
is our industry geared up for these new challenges?
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One of them told me, “she’s given me more courage to gear up to start speaking soon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In late summer, when almond husks split open, workers at Creekside Farming in Madera gear up machinery to shake the trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
As high-school math students gear up to buy the newest version of Texas Instruments’ TI-84 graphic calculator, cheaper upstarts are trying to break the company’s decades-old grip on the market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Re-live all the goals scored by England so far, as Thomas Tuchel's side gear up to face Norway at the Miami Stadium for their World Cup quarter-final.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
He took a huge chance then and pushed one side of his ear gear up so he could chat up the librarian.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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