Idiom
go through the gears
Meaning
To gain momentum; to get up to speed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team starts to go through the gears during the second half.”
“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.”
Examples
simple
“The team starts to go through the gears during the second half.”
contextual
“After a slow start to the project, the team finally began to go through the gears and finish their work.”
complex
“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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