high gear
noun
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: a state of intense or maximum activity
—usually used with into or in
a project in high gear
Examples of high gear in a Sentence
She shifted the car into high gear.
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His 1966 work Rosencrantz, which chronicled the plight of two minor players in Hamlet and their building confusion over the progression of events in the Bard's tragedy, kicked his decades-long theater career into high gear, winning him the Tony for Best Play.
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Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Nov. 2025
Also, a combination of financial factors that include trade and tariff uncertainty have kept the nation’s economy from moving into high gear.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
As the holiday shopping season starts to kick into high gear, Americans are balancing Black Friday deals with lingering concerns about their own finances.
—Jarrod Barry, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
Trump kicked it into high gear in late March with a series of social media posts.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
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Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Nov. 2025
Also, a combination of financial factors that include trade and tariff uncertainty have kept the nation’s economy from moving into high gear.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
As the holiday shopping season starts to kick into high gear, Americans are balancing Black Friday deals with lingering concerns about their own finances.
—Jarrod Barry, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
Trump kicked it into high gear in late March with a series of social media posts.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high gear
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“High gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20gear. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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