"shift gears" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-shift gears.ogg Forms: shifts gears [present, singular, third-person], shifting gears [participle, present], shifted gears [participle, past], shifted gears [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=shift gears}} shift gears (third-person singular simple present shifts gears, present participle shifting gears, simple past and past participle shifted gears)
  1. To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle. Related terms: shifter, stickshift, automatic transmission, drive stick, gearbox, manual transmission Translations (change the gear by which motion is transmitted): cambiare marcia (Italian)
    Sense id: en-shift_gears-en-verb-JP2NgLH~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'change the gear by which motion is transmitted': 90 10
  2. (idiomatic) To change pace or mode of operation. Tags: idiomatic Translations (change mode of operation): cambiare marcia (Italian)
    Sense id: en-shift_gears-en-verb-OXUQmSSi Disambiguation of 'change mode of operation': 8 92

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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