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gone through the gears

gone through the gears is the past participle of go through the gears.

Meaning of go through the gears

Verb

go through the gears (third-person singular simple present goes through the gears, present participle going through the gears, simple past went through the gears, past participle gone through the gears)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To gain momentum; to get up to speed.
    • The visitors kept out their opponents for 33 minutes with some determined defending but City always looked capable of going through the gears and they opened the scoring when Foden drove home from inside the box after Alvarez's shot was blocked.2024 January 7, Gary Rose, “Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town”, in BBC Sport

Questions about gone through the gears

What is gone through the gears the past participle of?
Gone through the gears is the past participle of go through the gears.

Words near gone through the gears in the dictionary

  1. gone through
  2. gone through fire and water
  3. gone through hell
  4. gone through hoops
  5. gone through the attitudes
  6. gone through the gears
  7. gone through the mill
  8. gone through the motions
  9. gone through the trouble
  10. gone through with
  11. gone to

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