'gear up' definitions:

Definition of 'gear up'

verb

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]

Definition of 'gear up'

From: GCIDE

gear up \gear` up"\ n. To prepare (for an event or activity); as, to gear up for the election campaign. [PJC]

Words containing 'gear up'

Gear,
Geared,
Gearing,
gear to,
in gear,
out of gear,
Bevel gear,
Bever gear,
Chafing gear,
Change gear,
Clash gear,
Core gear,
Differential gearing,
Double geared,
Eccentric gear,
Expansion gear,
Feed gear,
Foot gear,
Friction gear,
Frictional gearing,
Gear cutter,
Gear wheel,
Gearing chain,
Hand gear,
Head gear,
Hooke's gearing,
Intermittent gearing,
Internal gear,
Multiplying gear,
Mutilated gear,
Planet gear,
Pump gear,
Reversing gear,
Running gear,
SCUBA gear,
Screw gear,
Segment gear,
Shrouded gear,
Skew gearing,
Spiral gear,
Spiral gearing,
Spur gear,
Spur gearing,
Stepped gear,
To throw in gear,
To throw out of gear,
Valve gear,
Wedge gear,
Wedge gearing,
Worm gear,
Worm gearing,
compensating gearing,
differential gear,
epicyclic gear,
first gear,
fishing gear,
gear box,
gear case,
gear lever,
gear mechanism,
geared wheel,
high gear,
landing gear,
low gear,
mortise gear,
planetary gear,
reduction gear,
reverse gear,
second gear,
stable gear,
steering gear,
sun gear,
third gear,
Automatic expansion gear,
Engaging and disengaging gear,
Fixed expansion gear,
Irreversible steering gear,
Skew bevel gearing,
back-geared,
double-geared,
epicyclic gear train,
pinion and ring gear,
change-speed gear,
foul-weather gear