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gears down

gears down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gear down.

Meaning of gear down

Verb

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

  1. To arrange a system of gear wheels or pulleys etc such that the driven part rotates or moves slower than the driving part.
  2. To shift to a lower gear in a manual-transmission car.

Questions about gears down

What is gears down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gears down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gear down.

Words near gears down in the dictionary

  1. gearman
  2. gearmen
  3. gearmotor
  4. gearmotors
  5. gears
  6. gears down
  7. gears to
  8. gears towards
  9. gears up
  10. gearset
  11. gearsets

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