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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Fox would add a major scoring punch to the proceedings, and help kick the club's rebuild into high gear.
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Mike Vrabel will surely be sought after as soon as coaching searches around the league kick into high gear following the season.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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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
Mike Vrabel will surely be sought after as soon as coaching searches around the league kick into high gear following the season.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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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 2 Jan. 2025.
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