swing into high gear

swing into high gear

To begin doing something at a higher speed, intensity, or level of enthusiasm. The city is swinging into high gear in its preparations for the anniversary parade. I'm going to meet with my team on Saturday so we can swing into high gear on this project.
See also: gear, high, swing

swing into high gear

to begin operating at a fast pace; to increase the rate of activity. During the winter season we swing into high gear around here. The chef swings into high gear around six o'clock in preparation for the theater crowd.
See also: gear, high, swing

swing into high gear

in. to begin operating at a fast pace; to increase the rate of activity. The chef swings into high gear around eight o’clock in preparation for the theater crowd.
See also: gear, high, swing
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An instant rapport will be noticed by all, and this is one reason your social life will swing into high gear.
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The only roadblock for it to swing into high gear is the refusal of the DOE, the National Grid Corp.
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Once offshore, Al Shehi said the firm's water-processing operation will swing into high gear, chipping off blocks of the iceberg above the water line and then crushing the pure polar ice into drinking water which would be stored in large water tanks and then filtered through a water processing plant.
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But the country's export growth is expected to swing into high gear after the second quarter, based on this year s industry forecast.'
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As national elections swing into high gear this fall, one thing is for sure: Politicians from both political parties will be making promises.
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The operation is starting to swing into high gear. From January to the end of May, they've produced 20,000 bottles.
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The campaign will swing into high gear in the spring.
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The local ski season will swing into high gear at 9 a.m.
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