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?
Example Sentences
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Now, with four of the world’s biggest companies gearing up to spend the equivalent of Argentina’s GDP in 2026, the stakes of the AI trade are much higher.
From MarketWatch
"You have to play well here, strike the ball well to play well, and the crowd gets me geared up for that."
From Barron's
It is gearing up to be a busy summer window for Viana, something made trickier by it being a World Cup year.
From BBC
The strike authorization vote came on the same day as educators in Southern California also signaled they were gearing up to head to the picket lines to demand better pay and working conditions.
From Los Angeles Times
Tesla is gearing up for its most expensive year on record — and one that Deutsche Bank analysts predict might only be the beginning of a spending “supercycle.”
From MarketWatch
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