gear up

verb

geared up; gearing up; gears up

intransitive verb

: to get ready
are gearing up for the big game

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My husband, Clare, and I got geared up to ski while Sydney put on her sweats, varsity jacket, and sneakers. Sari Hitchins, Parents, 25 Apr. 2025 Shelton is gearing up to release a new album, For Recreational Use Only, next month. Jack Irvin, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025 As June & John finally rolls out some five years after it was shot, Besson is also gearing up for the July 30 release in France of Dracula: A Love Tale, reuniting him with Caleb Landry Jones, star of his 2023 comeback drama Dogman. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025 Two weeks before the semester’s end, just as seniors were gearing up for graduation, two people were killed and five others injured when the suspect, a student at the university and the son of a local sheriff’s deputy, police said, opened fire. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gear up

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gear up was in 1943

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“Gear up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gear%20up. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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