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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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix That’s when the show kicks into high gear.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Read the full Taurus Daily Horoscope Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Forced into high gear?
—USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Fox would add a major scoring punch to the proceedings, and help kick the club's rebuild into high gear.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 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 7 Jan. 2025.
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