high gear
noun
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: a state of intense or maximum activity
—usually used with into or in
a project in high gear
Examples of high gear in a Sentence
She shifted the car into high gear.
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This summer, the arena is closed so the majority of the renovations — focused primarily on the lower half of the venue — will kick into high gear.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
So Fuller, too, keeps shifting her diction into high gear.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Skirting the Soviet censorship regime At the end of World War II, Soviet censorship shifted into high gear in an effort to suppress a Western culture deemed threatening or decadent.
—Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
So the whole musical theater route was kind of like kicking it into high gear, like really taking performing and singing and music a lot more seriously.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
So Fuller, too, keeps shifting her diction into high gear.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Skirting the Soviet censorship regime At the end of World War II, Soviet censorship shifted into high gear in an effort to suppress a Western culture deemed threatening or decadent.
—Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
So the whole musical theater route was kind of like kicking it into high gear, like really taking performing and singing and music a lot more seriously.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for high gear
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“High gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20gear. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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