in/into high gear

idiom

: in or into a state of great or intense activity

The project is now in high gear.

Fuel prices are expected to rise as the summer travel season kicks/moves into high gear.

Examples of in/into high gear in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The growing tendency to remove degree requirements from job criteria kicked into high gear during the labor market crunch of the pandemic. —Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024

But the friendly staff and ocean view from our room kicked relaxation mode in high gear. —Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024

Use This Time To Be Strategic HR leaders aren’t putting strategies on hold—employee engagement, mobility and reskilling efforts are in high gear. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

The week ahead Monday Primary season kicks into high gear this week, starting with North Dakota’s Republican presidential caucuses. —Andrew Torgan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024

Propofol? Arredondo's information about propofol kicked the case into high gear. —Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023

Swift’s career kicked into high gear with the release of her 2008 album, Fearless. —Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2024

Less than a week out from the release of The Tortured Poets Department, Swift is kicking things into high gear. —Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024

Hosting the Rays at Petco Park last June, Snell racked up a dozen strikeout victims over six shutout innings in a 2-0 win, kicking his Cy Young campaign into high gear. —Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024