gearing up
Making final preparations
Gearing up is preparing for something demanding or significant—getting ready, gathering resources, building momentum.
The image is mechanical: engaging gears to increase power or speed.
The campaign is gearing up for the final stretch.
Athletes gear up before competition.
The preparation often involves both mental readiness and practical arrangements.
- readyingMaking prepared beforehand
- getting readyPreparation before an event
- preparingMaking ready beforehand
- suiting upPutting on required attire
- equippingProviding necessary tools
arming · locked and loaded · battle stations · accelerating · mobilizing · rally the troops · all hands on deck · strategizing · game face · marshaling · girding · planning · training · assembling · warming up · in position · supplies · bracing
- machine idiomswell-oiled machine, firing on all cylinders, full steam ahead, cranking up, revving up
- clothing actionsdressing, donning, wearing, buttoning, zipping
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, suiting up
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
gearing upwinding down
Gradually decreasing toward conclusion
standing down · powering down · scaling back · demobilizing · decommissioning
gearing upwinding down
Gradually decreasing toward conclusion
slowing down · tapering off · easing up · cooling down · decelerating
gearing upwrapping up
Completing a task
shutting down · pulling out · withdrawing · closing out · phasing out
gear, gears, geared, gear up, gearshift, gearbox, gearhead, gearwheel, gearless