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shift gears

shift gears verb: to change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.

Verb

shift gears (third-person singular simple present shifts gears, present participle shifting gears, simple past and past participle shifted gears)

  1. To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
  2. (idiomatic) To change pace or mode of operation.

shift gears meaning in Bengali

shift gears in Bengali

গতি, কাজের ধরণ পরিবর্তন করা

Forms of shift gears

third-person singular presentshifts gears
present participleshifting gears
past participleshifted gears
pastshifted gears

Questions about shift gears

What does shift gears mean?
Shift gears means to change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
What is shift gears in Bengali?
Shift gears in Bengali is গতি, কাজের ধরণ পরিবর্তন করা. See Shift gears meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is shift gears?
Shift gears is a verb.
What is the past tense of shift gears?
The past tense of shift gears is shifted gears.

Words near shift gears in the dictionary

  1. shift and drift
  2. shift break
  3. shift breaks
  4. shift dress
  5. shift dresses
  6. shift gears
  7. shift ground
  8. shift in
  9. Shift JIS
  10. shift key
  11. shift keys

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