start-up in gear
61get something into gear — get into ˈgear | get sth into ˈgear idiom to start working, or to start sth working, in an efficient way Main entry: ↑gearidiom …
62first gear — noun the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving • Syn: ↑first, ↑low gear, ↑low • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear mechanism • Part Holonyms: ↑car, ↑ …
63click into gear — get/click/into gear phrase to start working effectively or making progress Her electoral campaign is finally getting into gear. Suddenly my brain clicked into gear and I realized what was happening. Thesaurus: to make progress, or to achieve… …
64John H. Gear — John Henry Gear (April 7 1825 July 14 1900) was a United States Representative, Senator and Governor of Iowa.Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Galena, Illinois in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to… …
65move 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 …
66move/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 …
67step 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 …
68clutch-start — /ˈklʌtʃ stat/ (say kluch staht) verb (t) 1. to start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by having it in gear with the clutch disengaged while it is rolled forward, and then suddenly engaging the clutch. 2. to begin (a motor race) with the vehicles… …
69move 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 …
70shift 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 …
