The hardware store is gearing up for spring in February with garden supplies and seeds.
{f} switch to a higher speed or gear, speed up, accelerate; prepare, get ready for an upcoming event, equip in advance for a specific goal
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"
If someone is gearing up for a particular activity, they are preparing to do it. If they are geared up to do a particular activity, they are prepared to do it. another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day
gear up
Türkische aussprache
gîr ʌp
Aussprache
/ˈgər ˈəp/ /ˈɡɪr ˈʌp/
Etymologie
[ 'gir ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English gere, from Old Norse gervi, gorvi; akin to Old English gearwe equipment, clothing, gearu ready; more at YARE.