- move up a gear
- Move up a gearIf you move up a gear, you start to perform in a clearly better way, especially in sport.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
move up a gear
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move 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 … Financial and business terms
move 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 … Useful english dictionary
move 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 … New idioms dictionary
Gear 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… … Wikipedia
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 … Financial and business terms
gear|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 … Useful english dictionary
gear lever — gear .lever n a metal rod that you move in order to control the gears of a vehicle … Dictionary of contemporary English
gear — 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:… … English dictionary
gear — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 in a vehicle ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, top (both BrE) ▪ She was driving along in top gear. ▪ high, low ▪ first … Collocations dictionary
gear — gear1 [ gır ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the part of an engine that changes engine power into movement. Most cars in the U.S. are automatics, so the engine changes between gears without the driver having to do anything: change gears: Helen… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
