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fourth gears

fourth gears is the plural of fourth gear.

Meaning of fourth gear

Noun

fourth gear (countable and uncountable, plural fourth gears)

  1. The fourth of the available gears in a transmission or other gearbox.
    Synonyms:
    fourth
  2. (dated, idiomatic) A maximal level of effort.
    • During the seventies, Shashi Kapoor went into fourth gear in Bollywood, while Merchant and Ivory made a slew of films, many of which were not set in India.2009, Madhu Jain, The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema, page 243

Questions about fourth gears

What is fourth gears the plural of?
Fourth gears is the plural of fourth gear.

Words near fourth gears in the dictionary

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  2. fourth finger
  3. fourth fingers
  4. fourth freedom rights
  5. fourth gear
  6. fourth gears
  7. fourth gender
  8. fourth genders
  9. fourth grade
  10. fourth grader
  11. fourth graders

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