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

Founders are also gearing up for growth, with 85% expecting revenues to rise over the next 12 months and three in four planning to increase headcount. — Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

But some national groups and state groups, including Step Up, are gearing up to receive donations for public school students’ scholarships as well. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Goor and Del Tredici are gearing up to debut their next NBC sitcom, a single-camera workplace comedy starring Jake Johnson as a cynical detective working at a past-its-prime private investigator agency in Hollywood. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Amazon is refreshing its Bee lineup as tech companies gear up for the holiday season with a slew of new AI hardware. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 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