How to Use high gear in a Sentence

high gear

noun
Definition of high gearnext
  • She shifted the car into high gear.
  • The part of me that is the very most mature part of me goes into high gear.
    — al, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The couple bought the mega house for cash in June of 2023 when their love was still in high gear.
    — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
  • That’s when the host Lions put it in high gear and reeled off eight straight goals.
    — Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
  • Both were in high gear Thursday with the death of Queen Elizabeth at the age of 96.
    — David Zurawik, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Fun kicks into high gear, but so does dirt, mildew, and mold.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In Rome, the cull that began in late June is soon set to shift into high gear.
    — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
  • What gets you into high gear, ready to charge ahead, and what deflates you?
    — Anne Lackey, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Some slow-starting squads will shake off the rust and soon kick it into high gear.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • As a shattered music scene picks up the pieces, Kiss the Tiger kicks into high gear.
    — Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • Even though the new year has just kicked off, style stars were kicking things into high gear.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The Texans helped put the Chubb/Hunt 1,000-yard talk into high gear last season.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2021
  • But the past month has really kicked it into high gear.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • And the trend kicked into high gear last year, as the devices began their mainstream push in earnest.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Walmart is set to serve summer deals as the heat kicks into high gear.
    — James Powel, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2024
  • The retail sector was in flux, and the pandemic kicked the changes into high gear.
    — Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The news that Diana had been killed sent news outlets into high gear.
    — Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The push to return to normal has found the spark companies need to kick it into high gear.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Web-like stockings and a tangle of rings and necklaces kicked the look into high gear.
    — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2021
  • On the women’s side, things kick into high gear Friday.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • And yet, there is unease about the future of the Avalanche as the 2024 offseason kicks into high gear this week.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 June 2024
  • With two and a half months to go before the primary, the Barnes campaign has kicked into high gear.
    — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2022
  • The predictions and analyses, predictably, were in high gear.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
  • Classes start in two days, and work for the school paper has already kicked into high gear.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Princess Leonor of Spain is kicking the next stage of her royal training into high gear!
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Lots of returning linemen should keep the running game in high gear.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • But book banning efforts remain in high gear in many parts of the country.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
  • As summer kicks into high gear, days spent by the pool or at the beach are likely in your future.
    — Esme Benjamin, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • Rager was hired in late January, just as the Broncos’ front office was kicking into high gear on the collegiate all-star game front.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Rumors about a stateside return have been swirling for nearly as long as the brand has been away, but a global partnership with Amazon announced at CES 2024 kicked things into high gear.
    — Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024

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