high gear


Also found in: Dictionary, Acronyms, Idioms.
Graphic Thesaurus  🔍
Display ON
Animation ON
Legend
Synonym
Antonym
Related
  • noun

Synonyms for high gear

a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
High Gear Media's editorial team analyzes reviews from such sources as Kelley Blue Book and Consumer Reports, and then weighs in with their own expert opinion to create a comprehensive review of each car.
-- As another session of the Green Belt Training Course taught by The Lean Institute here shifts into high gear, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center senior managers stress the importance of the class.
It's only 9 a.m., but Debra List's preschool class is already in high gear. About 20 three- and four-year-olds dash about in their summer school room, bouncing from one friend to the next, climbing on chairs and hauling toys from one play area to another.
So as the midterm election cycle kicks into high gear, take a moment to savor attack ads.
Since methane is an even more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, the greenhouse effect went into high gear. Methane combines with oxygen to make carbon dioxide, so it didn't last too long.
Since the liberalization of China's economy after the Tiananmen Square massacre, China's manufacturing sector has shifted into high gear.
The staircase is poised in a precarious position, being one of the last items left unresolved as the push to begin rebuilding in earnest is kicked into high gear and construction of Tower 2 at 200 Greenwich Street set to begin at the excavation site.
It was a cool, breezy 33-degree day on November 4, 2005 and the rut was in high gear. At about 4:15 that afternoon I sat and watched five does in an open meadow.
STRATFORD: 2.30 Knotty Ash Girl, 3.00 The Rocking Dock, 3.30 Rookery Lad, 4.00 High Gear, 4.30 Yes Sir, 5.00 Here To Eternity, 5.30 Dazzling Jim.
The race for federal offices has kicked into high gear. A majority of the Vermont Republic Party's hierarchy threw their support behind moderate U.S.
The squirrel cage had gone into high gear and blown out all the accumulated dust in our ductwork.
So when "hero" status eludes him and Will is relegated to the "sidekick" class (think Robin, not Batman), he must throw his powers into high gear to prove himself.
At night the show kicks into high gear for the Championship Tractor Pull.
Still, when John Paul II left this earth, we had to shift into high gear.