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shifts gears

shifts gears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shift gears.

Meaning of shift gears

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.

Questions about shifts gears

What is shifts gears the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shifts gears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shift gears.

Words near shifts gears in the dictionary

  1. shiftmates
  2. shiftogram
  3. shiftograms
  4. shifts
  5. shifts about
  6. shifts gears
  7. shifts ground
  8. shifts in
  9. shifts off
  10. shifts one's ground
  11. shifts out

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