high gear
noun
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: a state of intense or maximum activity
—usually used with into or in
a project in high gear
Examples of high gear in a Sentence
She shifted the car into high gear.
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The Angels have also already added right-hander Kyle Hendricks via a one-year, $2.5 million deal, but the hot-stove season won’t really kick into high gear until players — 13 in total — make decisions on qualifying offers extended by teams to start the offseason.
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Jeff Sanders, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The fall sports postseason is getting into high gear.
—Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
Austin welcomed quite a few famous faces over the weekend as the Formula 1 Pirelli United States Grand Prix kicked into high gear at the Circuit of the Americas.
—Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2024
All that buying last week almost landed the market back in overbought territory as of Friday’s close, according to the S & P Short Range Oscillator , just as earnings season gets ready to kick into high gear.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
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Jeff Sanders, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The fall sports postseason is getting into high gear.
—Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
Austin welcomed quite a few famous faces over the weekend as the Formula 1 Pirelli United States Grand Prix kicked into high gear at the Circuit of the Americas.
—Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2024
All that buying last week almost landed the market back in overbought territory as of Friday’s close, according to the S & P Short Range Oscillator , just as earnings season gets ready to kick into high gear.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
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“High gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20gear. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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