NOUN
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
How To Use first gear In A Sentence
- This culminates in a hairpin taken in first gear with the steering wheel virtually at full lock.
- The cop said: 'I was in first gear and the engine was only ticking over. The Sun
- All he did was touch the clutch while going downhill, instead of keeping his feet well clear of the pedals and allowing the vehicle to trundle down in low-ratio first gear.
- To get first gear you had to go into second gear first and then shove it forwards hard. Times, Sunday Times
- He shifted to the first gear and the jeep rolled off the side and onto the freeway.
- She engaged the clutch and put the car into first gear.
- Maria shoved the Mercedes into first gear and squealed forward.
- The truck, in first gear again, was heading through a forest of small thin jack pine.
- On 11, you have to brake hard and downshift all the way to first gear - it's a hairpin, right-hand turn.
- When you put your foot down hard, the gearbox computer realises you want maximum acceleration and changes to first gear. Times, Sunday Times
