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geared up

geared up is the simple past and past participle of gear up.

Meaning of gear up

Verb

gear up (third-person singular simple present gears up, present participle gearing up, simple past and past participle geared up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare for an activity.
    • The hardware store is gearing up for spring in February with garden supplies and seeds.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To put on special clothing or equipment.
    • The soldiers geared up and loaded onto the assault craft. They would have a forty-five minute ride to the beach.2002, E. J. Duck, Heroes on Quads, page 68

Questions about geared up

What is geared up the simple past and past participle of?
Geared up is the simple past and past participle of gear up.

Words near geared up in the dictionary

  1. geared
  2. geared down
  3. geared to
  4. geared towards
  5. geared turbofan
  6. geared up
  7. geares
  8. Gearhart
  9. Gearharts
  10. gearhead
  11. gearheads

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