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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Are you gearing up for a big charitable contribution before the end of the year?
From MarketWatch
Treasurys extended a recent selloff to start the week, pushing up yields, as traders gear up for the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of the year.
The figure of 1.5 million new homes "was a stretching enough target to get the sector geared up and moving", he argued.
From BBC
As investors gear up for a potentially volatile reaction to the Fed meeting, traders trying to time market moves may get tossed around.
From MarketWatch
AMD’s margins are particularly notable given that the company is gearing up for a major challenge to Nvidia’s dominance in the AI-computing market.
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