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top gear
[ top geer ]
noun
- the position or arrangement of parts in an automobile’s transmission that allows for the greatest speed and efficiency; the highest available gear in an automobile:
The automatic transmission has six speeds, enough to furnish fast, serene cruising in top gear.
top gear
noun
- the highest gear in a motor vehicle Often shortened totop
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of top gear1
Idioms and Phrases
- in / into top gear. gear ( def 17 ).
Example Sentences
Most of all, a Dodgers team that spent most of the opening month trying to get synced up on the mound and at the plate — despite still posting the best record in the majors — continued to round into increasingly dominant form, inching ever closer to hitting their tantalizing top gear.
Andrew Flintoff has given his first account of the car crash he was in while filming Top Gear, saying he thought he "was dead" in the immediate aftermath.
The incident took place on 13 December 2022 at Top Gear's test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey.
Every time they seemed to find their top gear, they instead slipped back into reverse.
Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has said he did not leave the house for six months after his Top Gear crash, which left him with both physical and mental scars.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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