geared up

Definition of geared upnext
past tense of gear up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for geared up
Verb
  • O’Leary continued that surge Saturday, going 4-for-4 with four singles, a walk and two runs as the Porters mounted a big rally before losing 8-7 to Joliet West in nine innings in the WJOL Tournament championship game at Slammers Stadium in Joliet.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The surreptitious and tiny Spy Bar, which occupies a former interrogation room in the basement, is a good bookend to an evening, with red-velvet banquettes, and half a DB5 Bond car (as seen in No Time to Die) mounted on the wall.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Framers—55 delegates, most educated in Latin, Greek, and classical rhetoric—weren’t building a government to run people’s lives.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Their book, which has already sold more than 400,000 copies around the world, arrives at a time of both bloody religious conflict and rapidly collapsing religious belief, especially among the young and the highly educated.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Jeannoel joined the hundreds of other community members gathered in Coral Springs Friday evening at the vigil in Metayer’s honor.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In Broadview, a few dozen gathered to commemorate the ritual outside alongside detainees.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • September Dawn Bottoms for NBC News Carter had braced for a backlash.
    Bracey Harris, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Though Ohio braced for severe weather, with some areas seeing hail come down, on March 22, some Ohio's cities reached record high temperatures during the day.
    Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • On the side, there’s a cup of mushroom stock fortified with soy sauce, molasses, rosemary and a touch of cayenne pepper for dunking.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Japan considers China its main regional security threat and has fortified the country's southwestern islands near the East China Sea in recent years.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Billing records show he was involved with the case soon after, as the firm prepared to bring it to the Supreme Court a second time.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Teams conducted testing, prepared the site, and then deployed the system inside the facility.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Students are schooled in the oceanic environment, first aid, CPR, mutual cooperation, competition techniques and lifesaving methods.
    Jessie Dax-Setkus, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
  • In confessional, Amanda says that Boz previously schooled her about not being able to control how people act around her.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Geared up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geared%20up. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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