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

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During the first three months of the golf season, while the players were starting to gear up heading into The Masters in April, the hype around professional golf was at an all-time high. Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 Multiple states are gearing up for competitive gubernatorial elections in 2026, which will offer a litmus test on voter sentiment. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 May 2025 The event took place in New York City days before the 2025 Met Gala 2 Comments Celebrities are gearing up for fashion's biggest night! Nicholas Rice, People.com, 5 May 2025 Diggins and the rest of the WNBA are geared up to tip off their preseason games on Friday (May 2) with the first of 15 games. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for gear up

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gear up was in 1943

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“Gear up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gear%20up. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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