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Meaning of fourth gear | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The fourth of the available gears in a transmission or other gearbox.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A maximal level of effort.
    countable, dated, idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi nelonen nelosvaihde
Svenska fyra

Examples

“During the seventies, Shashi Kapoor went into fourth gear in Bollywood, while Merchant and Ivory made a slew of films, many of which were not set⟳ in India.”
“After all, he did the very same thing, pool and lunch, every Friday afternoon for five months—Friday perfect because it gave his cock a rest⟳ before the weekend, when it went into fourth gear.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fourth gender fourth grade fourth grader Fourth Industrial Revolution fourth market Fourth Month

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