in/into high gear
idiom
: in or into a state of great or intense activity
The project is now in high gear.
Fuel prices are expected to rise as the summer travel season kicks/moves 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
As spooky season kicks into high gear, creatures like bats, tarantulas, and ravens are cast as eerie symbols, their shadows adding to the thrill of haunted houses and ghost stories.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Oct. 2024
That Stiller stands out amid this crowd as a jumpy little man looking to kick his stalled married life back into high gear by finding his biological parents is a testament both to his gifts as the world’s most frantic clown and to Russell’s generous, madcap labyrinth of a script.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
The fall sports postseason is getting into high gear.
—Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
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Jeff Sanders, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
As spooky season kicks into high gear, creatures like bats, tarantulas, and ravens are cast as eerie symbols, their shadows adding to the thrill of haunted houses and ghost stories.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Oct. 2024
That Stiller stands out amid this crowd as a jumpy little man looking to kick his stalled married life back into high gear by finding his biological parents is a testament both to his gifts as the world’s most frantic clown and to Russell’s generous, madcap labyrinth of a script.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
The fall sports postseason is getting into high gear.
—Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for in/into high gear
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“In/into high gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%2Finto%20high%20gear. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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