The team starts to go through the gears during the second half.
go through the gears
idiomTo gain momentum; to get up to speed.
After a slow start to the project, the team finally began to go through the gears and finish their work.
As the marathon runner approached the final mile, she began to go through the gears, accelerating past her competitors with ease.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
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enough to go around
There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.