Idiom
find another gear
Meaning
To suddenly achieve an extra burst of athletic performance, especially after a sustained period of competitive exertion.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The runner found another gear and sprinted past the leader.”
“Trailing by ten points in the final quarter, the team suddenly found another gear and secured a narrow victory.”
“Exhausted after miles of climbing, the cyclist found another gear, surging ahead of the pack to claim the mountain stage.”
Examples
simple
“The runner found another gear and sprinted past the leader.”
contextual
“Trailing by ten points in the final quarter, the team suddenly found another gear and secured a narrow victory.”
complex
“Exhausted after miles of climbing, the cyclist found another gear, surging ahead of the pack to claim the mountain stage.”
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