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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In speaking with various people with knowledge of what could be on the table for the Cowboys in the coming weeks along with connecting early dots, here are some names to keep an eye on as the process now kicks into high gear.
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
The rally in financial stocks last year, which really started in October 2023, went into high gear in the run-up to the Federal Reserve ushering in a monetary easing cycle with a jumbo 50-basis-point interest rate cut at its September meeting.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Time will tell if Shifting Gears can crank into high gear.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Dec. 27, 2024
Millions of strangers, hundreds of clients and dozens of employees depend upon him.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
The rally in financial stocks last year, which really started in October 2023, went into high gear in the run-up to the Federal Reserve ushering in a monetary easing cycle with a jumbo 50-basis-point interest rate cut at its September meeting.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Time will tell if Shifting Gears can crank into high gear.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Advertisement California Photos: Float decoration shifts into high gear ahead of the 2025 Rose Parade
Dec. 27, 2024
Millions of strangers, hundreds of clients and dozens of employees depend upon him.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 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 21 Jan. 2025.
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