gear up
(tr) to equip with gears
to prepare, esp for greater efficiency: is our industry geared up for these new challenges?
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How to use gear up in a sentence
We, on the other hand, on the police side, will naturally gear up to deal with any potential contingency that might occur.
After No Indictment for Eric Garner Killer, Is NYC the Next Ferguson? | Jacob Siegel | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow as Million Dollar Arm begins to gear up for its third season this fall, the team in charge is looking to make a few changes.
As we gear up for another rebirth with the launch of Hannibal, what explains the obsession with the villain?
Mads Mikkelsen On Playing the Tasty New Hannibal Lecter | Kevin Fallon | April 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo gear up for the 2011 Tony Awards, Marlow Stern breaks down the shows heating up Theater Row.
Tony Awards Preview: The Book of Mormon, War Horse, and More | Marlow Stern | June 7, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTSandra Bullock and Meryl Streep are making the rounds (and making out) to gear up for the Oscars.
He's had time enough to gear up in proper style, while you were so eloquent along the stairs.
Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia | William Gilmore SimmsEvery morning about a camp we would watch the hombres gear up those pensive and placid creatures.
The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. TomlinsonYou gear up ole Jule to the buggy and git down a comforter for me.
Found a place about a mile away, but we were so done up that it took until 11.30 to get gear up.
South! | Sir Ernest ShackletonSo the old man came forth, and went slowly in his clashing war-gear up on to the dais.
The House of the Wolfings | William Morris
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