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Meaning of shift gears | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
  2. To change pace or mode of operation.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch schalten
Italiano cambiare marcia
日本語 変速

CEFR level

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

shift ground shift off shift one's ground shift one's tides shift the cut shift the deckchairs on the Titanic

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