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 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 Now, that won’t happen again, and something must have clicked to kick production into high gear. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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