gear up

Verb
Synonyms: fixprepareset upreadyset

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)

  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”Synonyms: fixprepareset upreadysetMore general change, alterMore specific arm, set up, mount, cultivate, brace, fix, precondition, prime, warm up, provide +4 more

Related words readiness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

gear′ up′ noun

To prepare (for an event or activity); as, to gear up for the election campaign.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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