Collocations for "gears"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "gears" in context.
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gear
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [mountain climbing, safety, outdoor, sports, camping] gear
- [bought, ordered] new gear
- was dressed in his [work, party, factory] gear
- [lowered, raised] the landing gear
- [shoved, put, slammed] it in [fourth] gear
- use a [high, low] gear
- shift into [second] gear
- shift the gears (up, down)
- leave the car in gear
- don't grind the gears
- shift gears [at school, with your career]
- shift gears towards
- got tangled in the gears
- the gears of the mechanism
- UK, slang: get your laughing gear round that!
- is such a gear head
- smooth gear [control, change, progression]
- gearing up for the [race, season, game]
- geared towards [women, children, consumers]
- geared towards [helping, providing, creating]
- geared towards [education, entertainment, recreation]
- [resources, books, videos] geared towards [education]
- [educational, training] programs geared towards
- geared [more, especially, specifically, primarily] towards
- geared their [output, production, purchases] towards
- [she, the driver] geared down
'gears' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):