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Meanings of shift gears in inglês

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Usage of shift gears in inglês
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Behind her, she heard the van shift gears and roar off again.
Ladder of years: a novel
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Yeah, I just, what I want to shift gears is, oh sorry.
The new yorker
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You must begin to shift gears, a little at a time.
After the quake: stories
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Besides, with his accoutrements, I would not have had room to shift gears.
The prince of frogtown
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They don't want you to change lanes or shift gears.
Reuters
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It's pretty complicated when you're a small, independent network to shift gears like that.
Reuters
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Baltar looked up from the notebook, trying to shift gears.
Battlestar Galactica
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UPS is swooping in as TNT faces mounting pressure from investors to shift gears.
Reuters
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Sam cleared his throat and decided to shift gears and head in another direction.
The devil's heart
10
Could we shift gears and achieve a better balance, as individuals and as a society?
The Irish Times
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GM: Let's shift gears and talk about Thor's appearance in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
Wired
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Then if your first thought is the right thought, then, and only then shift gears.
Ebony
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She needs the hour to shift gears from her personal persona to her professorial one.
Those who save us
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The cost has inspired some companies to shift gears.
Reuters
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Three of my clients shared examples of how they shift gears mentally when feeling hopeless.
Independent.ie
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Or did something happen that made you shift gears?
Ebony
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