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Meaning of "to get into high gear" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES TO GET INTO HIGH GEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of to get into high gear in the English dictionary

The definition of to get into high gear in the dictionary is if people or an activity go into high gear, moves into high gear, etc, people do what they were doing more intensely, or the activity becomes more intense.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO GET INTO HIGH GEAR

to get back to basics
to get dooced
to get off lightly
to get off your high horse
to get on the scoresheet
to get on your high horse
to get your just deserts
to get your oats
to give sb the runaround
to give sb unshirted hell
to go
to go down like a lead balloon
to go down like ninepins
to go for the brass ring
to go into the record books
to go island-hopping
to go off the deep end
to go pear-shaped
to go to extremes
to go to great lengths to do sth

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO GET INTO HIGH GEAR

bevel gear
combat gear
differential gear
double-helical gear
forward gear
gear
helical gear
high gear
in gear
landing gear
out of gear
planet gear
reverse gear
riot gear
second gear
spur gear
steering gear
timing gear
top gear
valve gear
worm gear

Synonyms and antonyms of to get into high gear in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «to get into high gear» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TO GET INTO HIGH GEAR

Find out the translation of to get into high gear to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of to get into high gear from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to get into high gear» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

进入高挡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

para llegar a toda marcha
570 millions of speakers

English

to get into high gear
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च गियर में पाने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

للوصول الى حالة تأهب قصوى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чтобы получить в самом разгаре
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para chegar em alta velocidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ গিয়ার মধ্যে পেতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour obtenir à la vitesse supérieure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untuk masuk ke gear tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bis in den höchsten Gang zu bekommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高いギアに入るため
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 기어로 얻을 수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo njaluk pindah dhuwur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để có được vào bánh cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் கியர் பெற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च गियर येणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek vitese girmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di entrare in marcia alta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dostać na wysokich obrotach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щоб отримати в самому розпалі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentru a obține în mare viteză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να μπει σε υψηλή ταχύτητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

te kry in ´n hoë rat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

att komma på högvarv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

å komme inn i høygir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to get into high gear

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO GET INTO HIGH GEAR»

The term «to get into high gear» is very widely used and occupies the 12.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TO GET INTO HIGH GEAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «to get into high gear» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «to get into high gear» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to get into high gear

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO GET INTO HIGH GEAR»

Discover the use of to get into high gear in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to get into high gear and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Name, Rank, and Serial Number: Exploiting Korean War POWs at ...
Weed soup was called “high gear” because you had to get into high gear to get it down. Some prisoners had watches and currency that could be traded with civilians while outside on work details. Iowan Teddy Sprouse paid $90 for five eggs.9 ...
Charles S. Young, 2014
2
My Snowy Evening of Hell...
The four of them needed to get into high gear and move further down the road. Lynn turned the car around quickly and started to speed down the road. She wanted to make sure that they were far away from that part of the state. The party of ...
David Daniels, 2010
3
Darkness & Light
Except for the light from Jamieson's torch it was pitch black in here and my imagination was quick to get into high gear. Above ground, the normally mild, calm stereotypical museum curator, Mr Albert Boxwood was frantically calling his friends ...
Storehouse Writers Workshop
4
Empress Hunter: 2010
His mission was about to get into high gear in a few minutes. The helicopter tried to land on the platform in the stern of the “Glory Be,” but the howling winds made it too dangerous. The crew decided to let Duke down using the rescue ladder in ...
John Burke, 2002
5
Finding Ruth
But there would be time enough for cleaning later.Right then Paul and I needed to get into high gear. Pumpkin Fest had started without the pumpkin pies or the coffee that was IV fluid to the folks around Brewster. “You stack the pies,” I ordered ...
Roxanne Henke, 2003
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Goodbye to All That?: On the Failure of Neo-liberalism & the ...
Most of us seem to know that this is true. In early 1996, as the economic boom was starting to get into high gear, half of the respondents to my Middle Australia Project survey thought that 'on balance' quality of life was declining – only 39 per  ...
David McKnight, 2010
7
Essay Writing: Teaching the Basics from the Ground Up
is what I say whenever it's time to get work, to get into high gear. Anyone in the way is in danger of being bowled over as action is about to begin. I guess you have to be there. A Final Word: Celebrate A Final Word: Celebrate Portfolios require ...
Jock Mackenzie, 2007
8
Journey to Healing for the Brokenhearted: Holding on to ...
I felt a great sense of accomplishment that my tribute to my father's life and ministry was finally completed and published, but I knew now I had to get into high gear since a lot was riding on the book's success. I asked myself often what I really ...
Victoria Wilson Darrah, 2009
9
The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Six: Men and Planes
... to defer deliveries on its own orders in favor of British and French claims on American production.* The American defensive effort required time to get into high gear, and the urgency of Air Corps needs was not so great as to. * See above, pp.
10
The 45 Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life: How ...
development and as a result will usually have a higher quality product than that which is normally available in a retail store. The THIRD thing you have to do is to get into HIGH GEAR. Of course you realize that nobody starts out in HIGH gear.
Don Failla, 2003

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. To get into high gear [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/to-get-into-high-gear>. May 2024 ».
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