gear up

verb

geared up; gearing up; gears up

intransitive verb

: to get ready

are gearing up for the big game

Examples of gear up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs — both gearing up for the playoffs during the final weekend of the regular Major League Baseball season — had to shuffle the schedule for their three-game series. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

As Westridge Court gears up to welcome a new home goods store to its shopping center, some of the plaza’s other retailers are moving to new locations. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

The launch of the solution comes as retailers gear up for the holiday shopping season. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

Google is also looking to get in on the fun — and is now gearing up to launch a fridge-sized satellite with the equivalent computing power of a single server as soon as next week. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gear up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup