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Meanings of gear up in English

Portuguese
preparar
Catalan
preparar-se
Spanish
disponer

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.

preparar
Usage of gear up in English
1
Next year, South Africa will gear up for the Elections 2019 campaign.
The South African
2
Work out some kind of...uh... gear up, you know, plan with our...additional staff.
Perdido Street Station
3
Some half-listen as they gear up in great haste to take office.
Reuters
4
The area boasted around 150 routes before Alan started humping gear up.
Climbing Magazine
5
Back in Mantle, she set the brass gear up above the fireplace.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
6
Field also says the pilots were wise to leave the landing gear up.
Wired
7
I am not sure I would gear up for it myself, she added.
Reuters
8
The other Feds were carrying their gear up the loading ramp.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
9
Well, it looks like folks better gear up for all-red everything!
Ebony
10
Tau's rallying call comes as the opposition party gear up for their Election Congress.
The South African
11
I gear up for yet another complication, and sure enough, opposing counsel doesn't disappoint.
My Sister's Keeper
12
But the Senate has only recently begun to gear up for dealing with reforms.
Reuters
13
Or, gear up for water activities like snorkeling and swimming.
The South African
14
Intimate, off-guard images of acclaimed actors as they gear up to go on stage.
BBC
15
Then he would haul their gear up one line while Tinkerbell ascended the other.
Rock and Ice Magazine
16
Instead of going home to gear up, he drove directly to his mother's house.
Indivisible
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Translations for gear up
Gear up across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Less common
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