gear up

verb

geared up; gearing up; gears up

intransitive verb

: to get ready
are gearing up for the big game

Examples of gear up in a Sentence

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The modern cup designs come as Starbucks is gearing up to return another popular experience: handwriting customers' names on their drinks. Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024 The engine cover demo suggests Atlas may be gearing up for work in automobile factories. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024 Dave Bautista, Steven Yeun, Zoë Kravitz, Léa Seydoux, Riley Keough, and Channing Tatum have been confirmed for the cast as the movie’s international sales agent mk2 films gears up to ramp up pre-sales at the AFM. Alpha Gang centers on a group of alien invaders sent to conquer Earth. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024 Overall, grosses across the industry slumped slightly, down 2 percent from the previous week as productions gear up for Thanksgiving and the winter holidays, while attendance increased by one percent. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gear up 

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gear up was in 1943

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“Gear up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gear%20up. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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