in high gear
Serious and intenseSerious and intense.
» Tom put the car in gear.
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1 senses(idiomatic)Serious and intense.
The show goes in high gear when Bill is on screen.
Examples
32 sentencesTom put the car in gear.
Tom put the car in gear and drove away.
Tom put the car in gear and drove off.
Tom hopped into the car and put it in gear.
deTom hüpfte in den Wagen und betätigte die Gangschaltung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Put it in a lower gear.
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedtop gear
See also
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