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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gear up
    v 1: 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]