shift gears

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shift gears (third-person singular simple present shifts gears, present participle shifting gears, simple past and past participle shifted gears)Category:English lemmas#SHIFTGEARSCategory:English verbs#SHIFTGEARSCategory:English multiword terms#SHIFTGEARSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHIFTGEARSCategory:Pages with entries#SHIFT%20GEARSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SHIFT%20GEARS

  1. To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
    Hyponyms: upshiftCategory:English links with manual fragments#SHIFT%20GEARS, downshiftCategory:English links with manual fragments#SHIFT%20GEARS
  2. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#SHIFTGEARS) To change pace or mode of operation.

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