Antonyms for geared up
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : geer |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɪər |
Definition of geared up
Origin :- c.1200, "fighting equipment," probably from Old Norse gervi "apparel," related to gerr "ready," and gerva "make ready," from Proto-Germanic *garwin- (cf. Old English gearwe "clothing, equipment, ornament;" Old High German garawi "clothing, dress," garawen "to make ready;" German gerben "to tan"). Meaning "toothed wheel in machinery" first attested 1520s. Slang for "male sex organs" from 1670s. British adjective slang sense of "stylish, excellent" first recorded 1951, from earlier that's the gear, expression of approval, 1925.
- As in pumped : adj excited
- As in ready : verb prepare
- As in speed : verb move along quickly
- As in equip : verb make ready with supplies
- I found it necessary to keep with him all the time and see that he did not get geared up.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Races » by Burt L. Standish
- These books are technically correct, wholesomely thrilling and geared up to third speed.
- Extract from : « The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner » by Wilbur Lawton
- The whole widespread labour and industrial fabric of Great Britain was geared up to his desk.
- Extract from : « The War After the War » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
- Then it is geared up with a capstan, and saves the crew much of their hardest work.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Modern Mechanism » by Archibald Williams
- It isn't so hard when you get started on account of the bridge being balanced right and it's geared up, too.
- Extract from : « Roy Blakeley » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- I geared up the bays, and we splashed out through the mud, some precarious, until we found the road again.
- Extract from : « Heart of the West » by O. Henry
- Several of the motors are geared up to the various machines, as is the case with the calender.
- Extract from : « The Manufacture of Paper » by Robert Walter Sindall
Synonyms for geared up
- accouter
- adorn
- advance
- aid
- animated
- appoint
- arm
- aroused
- arrange
- array
- assist
- attire
- awakened
- barrel
- belt
- beside oneself
- bomb
- boost
- bowl over
- brace
- brief
- career
- charged
- clear the decks
- cover ground
- cranked up
- cut along
- deck
- deck out
- decorate
- delighted
- dispatch
- dress
- eager
- endow
- enthusiastic
- equip
- expedite
- facilitate
- feather nest
- feverish
- fill in
- fired up
- fit
- fit out
- fix
- fix up
- flash
- fly
- fortify
- furnish
- further
- gallop
- gather momentum
- gear
- gear up
- geared up
- get
- get a move on
- get moving
- get ready
- get set
- get under way
- gird
- go all out
- go fast
- go like the wind
- hasten
- heel
- help
- high
- hightail
- hurry
- impel
- implement
- inspired
- juiced up
- keep posted
- keyed up
- let in on
- line nest
- lose no time
- make
- make haste
- make ready
- make up
- man
- moved
- on fire
- open up throttle
- order
- organize
- outfit
- passionate
- pave the way
- post
- prep
- prepare
- press on
- promote
- provide
- psych up
- psyched
- put on to
- qualify
- quicken
- race
- rarin' to go
- ready
- ride
- rig
- run
- rush
- sail
- set
- set up
- spring
- stake
- step on it
- stimulated
- stirred
- stock
- strengthen
- supply
- tear
- thrilled
- turn out
- urge
- warm up
- whiz
- wild
- wise up
- worked up
- zoom
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