Meaning of top gear | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The highest gear that is available in a motor vehicle or car.
   countable, uncountable
2. The highest level of performance or activity.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

“Near-synonyms: (often synonymous) fifth gear, overdrive”

“His Packard rarely saw top gear, because in the 1930s this county barely had any roads smooth and straight enough to use it on.”

“The Second World War was reaching fever pitch, with the entire Allied effort in top gear for the imminent invasion of Europe, while later that month buzz bombs would start falling on London.”

“Things really shifted into top gear once they found a new angel investor.”

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