When my car is in high gear, it goes very fast.
•You can't start out in high gear. You must work up through the low ones.
2. Go to in full swing.Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
high gear — noun a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed • Syn: ↑high • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear mechanism • Hyponyms: ↑overdrive • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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high gear — {n. phr.}, {informal} Top speed; full activity. * /Production got into high gear after the vacation./ * /An advertising campaign for the new toothpaste promptly moved into high gear./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high gear — {n. phr.}, {informal} Top speed; full activity. * /Production got into high gear after the vacation./ * /An advertising campaign for the new toothpaste promptly moved into high gear./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high\ gear — n. phr. informal top speed; full activity. Production got into high gear after the vacation. An advertising campaign for the new toothpaste promptly moved into high gear … Словарь американских идиом
high gear — noun Date: 1896 1. high 3b 2. a state of intense or maximum activity usually used with into or in < a project in high gear > … New Collegiate Dictionary
high gear — top speed, full activity The preparations for his visit have been going in high gear all week … Idioms and examples
in high gear — (USA) If something is in high gear, it is in a quick paced mode. If someone is in high gear, they are feverishly on the fast track … The small dictionary of idiomes
in high gear — (USA) If something is in high gear, it is in a quick paced mode. If someone is in high gear, they are feverishly on the fast track. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
in high gear — at the highest level of operation. Preparations for the convention started weeks ago and are now in high gear … New idioms dictionary
high gear — The top gear or the cruising gear of a transmission. It is usually the highest number, i.e., fifth gear of a five speed transmission … Dictionary of automotive terms
