Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, idiomatic)To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.

    He had been sitting there for two hours until the boss showed up and told him to get his ass in gear.

    вка́лыватьvkályvatʹ, горба́титьсяgorbátitʹsja, въёбыватьvʺjóbyvatʹ

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Get your gear.

    Візьми свої речі. — shanghainese

    ruБери свои вещи. — venticello

  2. Get your laughing gear round this.

    deHier, hau dir das mal rein! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. You've got it in the wrong gear.

  4. He's got all the gear and no idea.

    deDas beste Werkzeug ist ein Tand in eines tumben Toren Hand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. She should see about getting her ass in gear.

    deSie soll endlich ihren Arsch hochkriegen! — manese

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to exert effective effort:

Forms

gets one's ass in gear, getting one's ass in gear, got one's ass in gear, gotten one's ass in gear
Base formget one's ass in gear · to get one's ass in gear
3rd person singulargets one's ass in gear
Present participlegetting one's ass in gear
Past simplegot one's ass in gear
Past participlegotten one's ass in gear

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget one's ass in gear
he, she, itgets one's ass in gear

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot one's ass in gear

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gotten one's ass in gear
he, she, ithas gotten one's ass in gear

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get one's ass in gear

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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