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*in high gear

1. [of a machine, such as a car] set in its highest gear, giving the greatest speed. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~; move [into] ~.) When my car is in highgear, it goes very fast. You can't start out in high gear. You must work up through the low ones.

2. Go to in full swing.

See also: gear, high

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Byline: Staff Report Dubai Across the UAE, preparations are in full gear to celebrate the country's 38th National Day. national day Khalifa: UAE's success is fruit of perseverance by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates) The incident dates to August 2008, when the rights group received several mobile phone videos, one of which shows a Palestinian youth punched in the stomach by a border policeman in full gear while another detainee is lightly slapped in the nape of the neck and kicked. Israel slammed for scrapping Palestinian abuse case by AFP / AFP Global Edition Imagine some poor old dear in her car slightly overshoots the line at a red light and then an armed response cop in full gear comes up chapping her window. GUN COPS TOLD: GET FINES FOR LITTERING; Anger at 'grassroots' bid by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			in element in else's shoes in essence in evidence in exchange in existence in eyes in face in fact in fashion in favor in favor of in fear and trembling in fine feather in fits and starts in flagrante in flight in flux in focus In for a penny in for the kill in force in front of in full flight in full force In Full Gear in full swing in fun in gear in general in glory in glowing terms in good company in good conscience in good faith in good graces in good hands in good repair in good shape in good spirits in good time in great demand in great haste in hair in hand in harm's way in harmony in harness in heart of hearts in heat in heaven			in front in front in front of in front of in front of eyes in front of eyes in front of eyes in front of eyes in front of very eyes in front of very eyes in front of very eyes in front of very eyes in full in full in full action In Full and on Time In full blast in full cry in full cry in full cry in full cry In Full Effect In Full Effect in full flight in full flood in full flood in full flood in full flood in full force in full force In Full Gear in full rig in full rig in full rig in full rig in full sail in full sail in full spate in full spate in full spate in full swing in full swing in full swing in full swing in full swing In full uniform in full view In Full, on Time and in Spec in fun in furtherance In Game In Game Reset In garrison in gear in gear In Gel Site Specific Recombination in genera describere in general in general in general in general

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in high gear (redirected from In Full Gear)

in high gear
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