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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Sam and Genevieve kicked their acting into high gear — he by acting desperate, she by making a fake idol and then showing it to Teeny for only a second. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s cities has moved into high gear, with nightly raids of 100 or more Shahed-type kamikaze drones striking apartment blocks and energy infrastructure, causing blackouts and raising concern about the winter ahead. —

David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 A number of stores that were closed on Thanksgiving are reopening early Friday as retailers work to kick the holiday shopping season into high gear. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024 A number of stores that were closed on Thanksgiving reopen early Friday as retailers work to kick the holiday shopping season into high gear. —

Associated Press, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in/into high gear

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