Language: en
Meaning: (intransitiveorreflexive,idiomatic)Topreparefor anactivity.The hardware store isgearing upfor spring in February with garden supplies and seeds.We'regearing ourselves upfor a busy week ahead.2021June 2, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: £80m upgrades and renewals on Bank Holiday”, inRAIL, number932, page23:As this issue ofRAILwent to press, NR wasgearing upto deliver a further £80m of upgrades over the Late May Bank Holiday (May 29-31), across 620 projects.; (intransitive,idiomatic)To put on specialclothingorequipment.2002, E. J. Duck,Heroes on Quads, page68:The soldiersgeared upand loaded onto the assault craft. They would have a forty-five minute ride to the beach.
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