upshift
verb
up·shift
ˈəp-ˌshift 
upshifted; upshifting; upshifts
: to shift an automotive vehicle into a higher gear
upshift
noun
Examples of upshift in a Sentence
She upshifted into fifth gear.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sport mode brings an even more aggressive algorithm and a flat-out refusal to upshift into the tallest gears even when cruising.
—
Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
There was room to go faster, but the car refused to upshift into third gear and the engine was hitting its rev limiter well short of its 7000-rpm redline.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 June 2023
But, as has been the case far too often, the GOP doesn’t exactly have a matrix in hand for when their leader should stand down or when to upshift.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Jan. 2023
There is little point in trying to reach the rev limiter, and in Drive the automatic gearbox always chooses to upshift well before the marked redline at 6000 rpm.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 5 Apr. 2022
The sequential gearbox will upshift with the accelerator floored, and the shift lights on the dash encourage the full use of the available rev range.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 1 June 2022
There's numbness in the steering, but the gearbox is clever enough to downshift under braking and upshift at redline.
—Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2022
The automatic gearbox's tendency to upshift well short of the 6900-rpm redline seems to have little effect on the rate of acceleration.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 11 May 2022
And its shift logic follows your natural movement during hard driving—pull to upshift, push to downshift.
—Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2022
See More
Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
There was room to go faster, but the car refused to upshift into third gear and the engine was hitting its rev limiter well short of its 7000-rpm redline.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 June 2023
But, as has been the case far too often, the GOP doesn’t exactly have a matrix in hand for when their leader should stand down or when to upshift.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Jan. 2023
There is little point in trying to reach the rev limiter, and in Drive the automatic gearbox always chooses to upshift well before the marked redline at 6000 rpm.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 5 Apr. 2022
The sequential gearbox will upshift with the accelerator floored, and the shift lights on the dash encourage the full use of the available rev range.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 1 June 2022
There's numbness in the steering, but the gearbox is clever enough to downshift under braking and upshift at redline.
—Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2022
The automatic gearbox's tendency to upshift well short of the 6900-rpm redline seems to have little effect on the rate of acceleration.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 11 May 2022
And its shift logic follows your natural movement during hard driving—pull to upshift, push to downshift.
—Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2022
See More
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'upshift.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near upshift
Cite this Entry
“Upshift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upshift. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share