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in high gear

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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

in high gear also in full gear
at the highest level of operation Preparations for the convention started weeks ago and are now in high gear.
See also: gear, high


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That put everyone in high gear, from performers and the production crew to security personnel and satellite coordinators.
Amicone, who also serves as IDA chairman, said, "The economic engine of Yonkers is now running in high gear.
Venezuela will likely remain in high gear through 2005.
 
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