high gear

collocation in English

meaningsofhighandgear

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high
adjective
uk
/haɪ/us
/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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gear
noun
uk
/ɡɪər/us
/ɡɪr/
a device, often consisting of connecting sets of wheels with teeth (= points) around the edge, that controls how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of ...
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(Definition ofhighandgearfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The large motors andhighgear-ratio transmissions used in the joints of powerful manipulators result in high friction, which in turn results in tracking errors, stick-slip, and other undesired behaviors.
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The factories, the engineering equipment and so on built more recently have not yet got intohighgear.
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I suggest that before the election campaign this sort of election machinery and campaigning will be inhighgear.
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The recording of the album was moved intohighgear.
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It was capable of 50mph km/h inhighgear.
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At one time she went into such ahighgearthat her words could not be properly reported by the press.
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Lenny is both smitten and inspired, and his goal for the summer kicks intohighgear.
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Recruitment of blue-chip high school players went intohighgear.
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Now, they both decided to kick their plan intohighgear.
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The support of the public slowly calibrates to ahighgearas days pass by.
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Naturally, acceleration from a stop was much slower inhighgearthan it was in first.
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During this same period, meatpacking operations just to the south moved intohighgear.
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What we play is genuine, vivid, and with the energy inhighgear.
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The local police department goes intohighgearto solve the mystery but it all comes to a tragic end.
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However, thishighgearratio could shorten a run by up to 45 minutes in some cases.
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Long-distance attempts such as the hour record sometimes usehighgearcombinations such as 52x12 or 55x14.
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Another problem was the violent switching in of thehighgearof the supercharger as the aircraft climbed.
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However, it also has a selectable four wheel drive system (low andhighgearratios) for off-road driving.
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In 1993, however, he would meet the people who would put his recording career intohighgear.
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It featured reverse gear lock-out, hill-holder, anti-creep and a locking torque converter which allowed direct drive with virtually no converter power loss inhighgear.
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The thrust section is driven by belts withhighgearratios to drive the turbine closer to the rotational speed it was originally designed for.
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He was a small, speedy forward who was able to move intohighgearat the last moment, fooling many opposing blueliners.
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It was for later in the year, so we had to kick it inhighgearand get into the studio.
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