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gearing up

gearing up is the present participle and gerund 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 gearing up

What is gearing up the present participle and gerund of?
Gearing up is the present participle and gerund of gear up.

Words near gearing up in the dictionary

  1. Gearin
  2. gearing
  3. gearing down
  4. gearing to
  5. gearing towards
  6. gearing up
  7. gearings
  8. Gearins
  9. gearjammer
  10. gearjammers
  11. gearknob

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