geared up
Ready for action
Geared up means prepared and ready for action, equipped with whatever's needed for a task or situation.
The phrase suggests both mental readiness and physical preparation: The team is geared up for the championship.
It can describe someone dressed or outfitted for an activity: She was geared up in full hiking gear.
To gear up is to make such preparations.
- primedMade ready beforehand
- locked and loadedFully prepared to fire
- battle-readyPrepared for armed conflict
- readySuitable for use now
- ready to rollFully prepared to begin
outfitted · prepared · good to go · keyed up · pumped up · juiced · revved up · all set · all systems go · arrayed · preparation · set · girded · mobilized · resolved · trained · stocked · armed
geared upunprepared
Lacking readiness beforehand
caught off guard · unready · ill-prepared · blindsided · taken by surprise
geared upunenthusiastic
Without eagerness or passion
unmotivated · deflated · psyched out · dispirited · demoralized
geared upwound down
Gradually reduced activity
shut down · powered down · scaled back · deactivated · idled
gear, gears, equipped, geared, gearing, downgraded, downgrading, gearbox, upgradeable