How to Use in/into gear in a Sentence

in/into gear

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  • Huber puts his hand on the car's shifter, as if to put it in gear.
    — CBS News, 6 June 2023
  • Maybe an 8-1 win over those Mariners is the jump-start the club needs to get into gear.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • Taking it task-by-task and day-by-day will get your home in gear in no time.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2024
  • Entanglement in gear is one of the biggest threats to the whales.
    — Darlene Superville, ajc, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Episodes one to three of the show mostly make up the prologue before things would’ve kicked into gear in the game.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
  • The engine was running and van was still in gear, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Here are five things to watch as Spring Training gets into gear.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The adapter overrides the EV’s safeguard and allows the driver to shift into gear.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2024
  • There’s still plenty of time for Corona to get its hitting back in gear.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • However, the man still quickly put the car in gear and pulled out of the parking spot, according to the video.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the Blue Jays need to get their offense in gear, having scored only 14 goals over the past two games.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
  • From here, the game kicks into gear with its own narrative as Indy wakes up from the bad dream.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Bad news: the car locked itself into the equivalent of park, and wouldn’t shift back into gear.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Or maybe a roundup of inspiring morning routines to help get yours in gear.
    — Sherry Walling, Fortune Well, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Runes in gear can now be overwritten by other Runes (the old Runes are destroyed).
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • As the record began to pick up steam, his label Warner Bros. Records kicked into gear to nurture the song’s growth.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Basically, this is your sign to get your butt in gear before the planets do it for you!
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Early debates are held over the summer, but campaigns kick into gear in the fall.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But no one can be certain that the IPO market, which is vital to the whole ecosystem, can click back into gear.
    — Damian Garde Reprints, STAT, 3 Jan. 2024
  • At 28, the chance to finally click into gear is fading.
    — Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
  • Drivers are also urged to check to make sure that their cars cannot be shifted into gear without a foot on the brake.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In the reel, guests, dressed in gear reminiscent of that decade, danced gleefully, as did the birthday girl, who was dressed like the ladies from TLC.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 9 July 2024
  • Your heart kicks you into gear during today’s grand earth trine.
    — USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
  • By the time festivals reemerged from the pandemic in 2022, Brexit had kicked into gear.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024
  • The main philosophies at play in backpacking can be boiled down to minimalism: in gear and in action.
    — Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2023
  • City could very easily click into gear and become City again soon.
    — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The company paused work on a foldable iPhone in 2020 but kicked it back into gear more recently.
    — Kyle Barr / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Music kicks in gear, but the atmosphere is in everything.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The drop in rates comes at a good time for the housing market, as the historically busy spring season kicks into gear.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
  • On a monthly basis, rents grew in 57% percent of markets as the high season for leasing kicks into gear.
    — USA TODAY, 19 July 2023

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