gear up

verb

Definition of gear upnext
as in to mount

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Recent Examples of gear up The launch of the solution comes as retailers gear up for the holiday shopping season. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 In late summer, when almond husks split open, workers at Creekside Farming in Madera gear up machinery to shake the trees. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Wealth has flooded the area as startups like Anthropic and OpenAI gear up for public offerings. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 As Valley residents gear up to celebrate Labor Day weekend, drivers should be prepared to face record-breaking gas prices before hitting the road. — Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gear up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gear up
  1. mount
  2. steel
  3. fortify
  4. educate
  5. school
  6. brace
  7. ready
  8. prepare
Verb
  • There are a couple of chairs, a coffee table, and room to mount a TV on the wall.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, it was mounted above the bar and hanging loosely on a hook, Biggins told the publication.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of mount
Verb
  • Christie learned to steel herself and would avert her eyes during knife incisions.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Before every home game, nearly 10,000 fans descend on 16 acres of asphalt a few blocks from Huntington Bank Field, to steel themselves for another Sunday of Cleveland Browns football.
    — Vince Grzegorek, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of steel
Verb
  • Washington must help its partners raise their security standards, share intelligence and best practices more widely, and fortify monitoring programs.
    — Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The Thunder also have a 21-pick stockpile of second-rounders that was fortified via the Dort, Wiggins and Joe trades.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of fortify
Verb
  • Faculty are chosen based on their track record of educating Black students.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
  • He was educated at Middlebury College, and lived in New York City for 15 years, before settling back on the farm with his wife, Olga, and their children, Fiona and Abraham.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of educate
Verb
  • In other words, the name, image and likeness bank accounts required to lure top players to school these days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Born in Tonga, he was raised in Hawaii and schooled in Missouri.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of school
Verb
  • Downstream, residents of the vast Navajo Nation braced for floodwaters not expected to peak until late Friday or early Saturday.
    — MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • France is bracing for yet another wave of protests this weekend with authorities racing to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and riots that hit the nation last week.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of brace
Verb
  • The company is readying a more integrated operating model that’s built around global brands, global markets and global functions in order to accelerate profitable growth and capture benefits of scaling, while maintaining creative autonomy.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The river has helped this woman clean her family’s hard work out of their clothes, readying the garments for more toil.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ready
Verb
  • In crowded Chaweng Beach, this 26-room hotel’s high style attracts a stream of beachcombers (prepare to show your key to the hotel gatekeeper).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The United States has starting making arrangements to prepare its key bases to operate for at least 3 months without outside support.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of prepare

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