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View synonyms for gear up

gear up

verb

  1. tr to equip with gears
  2. to prepare, esp for greater efficiency

    is our industry geared up for these new challenges?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Trump has said there's no price tag so there is already a tremendous amount of activity taking place in the private sector, with private prison and airplane businesses gearing up for some major government contracts.

From Salon

Set in the fictional coastal town of Wellington-on-Sea, the film follows a handful of families gearing up for Christmas Day.

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Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are gearing up to take their relationship to the next level: marriage.

Sweden, however, scaled down its infrastructure and only in recent years started gearing up again.

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His resignation came as the House Ethics Committee was reportedly gearing up to release the findings of their probes into Gaetz's alleged sexual misconduct and drug use.

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