NOUN
- a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
How To Use high gear In A Sentence
- She went into high gear in the last few meters on Friday to win the women's marathon, while Allan Ballester of the Philippines crossed the men's tape.
- The Motown slowdown is in high gear this week.
- With the war now in high gear, journalistic organizations are scrambling to be firstest with the mostest with reports from the intense fighting at the front and the intense briefings from Washington war rooms.
- For example, as I write this, the Democratic primaries currently are in high gear, and every candidate has at least one official Weblog.
- When the United States entered World War II, the country had to move quickly into high gear.
- Eating more often will keep your metabolism running in high gear while continually supplying your body with the nutrients it needs to recover and grow.
- And then the media's magical election predictor machine kicks into high gear, and the results stream live to every party in the nation, sending ballrooms of supporters into tizzies and downward spirals. Election 2010: A walk on the mild side of victory (or defeat) parties
- He prowled, then pounced - ballet technique in high gear - like a prize bantam; she shimmied - midriff bare, legs striking out from her flaming outfit - to dish out a hot-pepper attitude.
- More than sufficient to ensure spectacular acceleration, even in high gear.
- It has announced its intention not to borrow and therefore will not expose investors to levels of high gearing.
