gear up
verb
geared up; gearing up; gears up
intransitive verb
: to get ready
are gearing up for the big game
Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above
gearing up
verb
as in mounting
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- mounting
- booting (up)
- schooling
- training
- bracing
- tutoring
- drawing up
- educating
- steeling
- fortifying
- indoctrinating
- grooming
- prepping
- battening
- preparing
- girding
- gathering
- instructing
- priming
- providing
- readying
- forearming
- fitting
- supplying
- furnishing
- arming
- outfitting
- arranging
- equipping
- laying
- predisposing
- warming (up)
- fixing
- spreading
- inclining
- drafting
- setting
- framing