"gear up" meaning in English

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          "text": "The hardware store is gearing up for spring in February with garden supplies and seeds.",
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        {
          "text": "We're gearing ourselves up for a busy week ahead.",
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          "text": "As this issue of RAIL went to press, NR was gearing up to deliver a further £80m of upgrades over the Late May Bank Holiday (May 29-31), across 620 projects.",
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        "To prepare for an activity."
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        "(intransitive or reflexive, idiomatic) To prepare for an activity."
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          "text": "The soldiers geared up and loaded onto the assault craft. They would have a forty-five minute ride to the beach.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To put on special clothing or equipment."
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To put on special clothing or equipment."
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        "singular",
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        "past"
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        },
        {
          "text": "We're gearing ourselves up for a busy week ahead.",
          "type": "example"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To put on special clothing or equipment."
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