to move up a gear
1move up a gear — If you move up a gear, you start to perform in a clearly better way, especially in sport …
2move up a gear — move/step up a gear UK INFORMAL ► to start to do something better or faster: »The price war stepped up a gear yesterday when two major chains announced they were cutting the cost of petrol. Main Entry: ↑gear …
3move up a gear — move/shift/up a gear phrase to start working much more effectively or quickly, or with more energy Both teams stepped up a gear in the second half. Thesaurus: to do something quickly and/or easilysynonym Main entry: gear …
4move up a gear — move/step up a gear to start to work or play more effectively or quickly than before. With just five lengths to go, the German swimmer stepped up a gear and edged ahead to win the race …
5Gear cutting — is any number of methods used to manufacture precision gears.Gear hobbing is a method by which a special hobbing anto cutter and gear blank are rotated at the same time to transfer the profile of the hob onto the gear blank.Spur and other… …
6move/step up a gear — UK INFORMAL ► to start to do something better or faster: »The price war stepped up a gear yesterday when two major chains announced they were cutting the cost of petrol. Main Entry: ↑gear …
7gear|wheel — «GIHR HWEEL», noun. 1. a wheel having teeth that fit into the teeth of another wheel of the same kind in order to move it or be moved by it; cogwheel; gear. 2. the larger of a set of meshing gears, distinguished from a pinion, the smaller …
8gear lever — gear .lever n a metal rod that you move in order to control the gears of a vehicle …
9gear — I UK [ɡɪə(r)] / US [ɡɪr] noun Word forms gear : singular gear plural gears ** 1) [countable/uncountable] the part of an engine that changes engine power into movement. Most cars in the UK have 5 or 6 gears that you operate yourself change gear:… …
10gear — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 in a vehicle ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, top (both BrE) ▪ She was driving along in top gear. ▪ high, low ▪ first …
