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in (or into) gear1With a gear engaged: he revved the engines and put them in gear...- It drives like a bus with, if anything, a slightly larger turning circle, and the gearshift is so floppy that it all but collapses the distinction between being in gear and being in neutral.
- Chris quickly threw the Jeep in gear and drove off.
- Just put the key in, turn it on, put it in gear and you're off.
1.1Proceeding with energy, determination, or speed: I couldn’t get myself into gear early enough on Saturday morning...- All three candidates who will debate tonight on Brockton cable TV got their campaigns in gear last month.
- Find a degree program to get your education in gear!
- Current EPA director Lee Thomas has worked hard to get the agency back into gear.
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