I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
camping gear/equipment
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camping gear such as a sleeping bag, tent, and backpack
combat gear (= clothes worn in battles by the armed forces )
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a group of soldiers in combat gear
differential gear
first gear
gear lever
gear shift
gear stick
landing gear
low gear
reverse gear
riot gear (= special clothing worn by police dealing with a riot )
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Almost 1,000 officers, many in riot gear, were needed to restore order.
shift gear American English (= change what you are doing )
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It’s hard to shift gear when you come home after a busy day at work.
top gear
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The car will cruise at 80 mph in top gear.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electronic
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The insects that bats prey upon have a comparable battery of sophisticated electronic and acoustic gear .
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As usual they were lavishly equipped, bristling with the latest electronic gear , and kept in immaculate condition.
full
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In London the chaos took three seconds to get into full gear .
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Legal troubles are piling up for President and Mrs Clinton just as his campaign for re-election is shifting into full gear .
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Behind her she could hear Jack calmly telling everyone to go and shower and change and come back in full barrier gear .
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Fortunately he was dressed in full ocean racing gear and sufficiently padded not to be hurt.
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A full rack of gear should be carried.
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All the firefighters were ready, dressed in full gear in case they were needed.
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They wore fatigues or business suits, and several came in full combat, gear .
high
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BThe valet parkers are now in high gear .
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Ever since, though, the work on her characters' background has shifted into high gear and stayed there.
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More than sufficient to ensure spectacular acceleration, even in high gear .
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At about that time, the gardening boom started kicking into high gear .
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In fact, the serious exploration of the surface was just shifting into a higher gear .
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A National Book Award nomination did nothing to kick the book into a higher gear .
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Unlike previous Zetor gearboxes, which only had synchromesh on higher gears , the new tractor is all synchro.
low
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He never left a low gear yet when I glanced over my shoulder he was miles clear.
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Glover stayed in low gear for the crawl into town.
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The only other downside I noticed was that the car tended to be a little ponderous in lower gears around town.
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The driver shifted into a lower gear as they began to climb Ooah Mountain, the engine a wounded wheeze.
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My problem is one of gearing - basically it is too low in all gears.
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The machinery in the walls whistles, sighs, drops into a lower gear .
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The grade was manageable in the lowest of 18 gears , but it was like riding an exercise cycle in a sauna.
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Allow for greater braking distances with a loaded trailer and always use the lower gears going down steep hills.
reverse
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The machine has no reverse gear .
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Engage forward and reverse gears and shunt backwards and forwards, listening for unusual transmission noises.
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Thus the movement, seen from close by, appears to go into reverse gear .
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After some time, he finally started the engine and crunched into reverse gear .
top
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Quins had started in top gear with Will Carling ripping through the Rugby midfield for the opening try.
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It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
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It was downhill in top gear now.
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He just had to adjust to the wide outside and Bones's new top gear , hitherto unsuspected.
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Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.
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Even in non-turbo form, the 1.9-litre pulls strongly from low speeds, climbing considerable hills in top or fourth gears .
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With a 34-0 lead, top gear was no longer required.
■ NOUN
box
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Theft from truck: A gear box was stolen from a breakdown truck in Anchorage Lane, Northallerton.
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The tail-rotor gear box was hanging by mechanical tendons.
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I was expected to double de-clutch, better for the gear box , and to talk my way through signs and observations.
change
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Voice over For a world class decathlete it's something of a gear change .
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The heavy clutch and cumbersome gear change remain the worst feature.
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About all the exercise you get is pressing the button on your automatic gear change .
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The transmission has 16 gears and the gear change is effected simply through pressure on the pedals.
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There's always the button gear change above the steering wheel spoke.
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The gear change is slick and rapid.
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As ever: the gear change and clutch are heavy; the throttle response terrific.
combat
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Whipping round, he found himself facing four figures in black military style combat gear and carrying guns and flashlights.
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Then a group of paras in full combat gear and blackened faces began firing at us.
control
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Tube-fixing clips are usually supplied with the control gear .
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The lamp is separated from its control gear , although the Starter is in the lamp circuit.
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It seems that the lamp and control gear industries are at odds with each other.
landing
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The Dowty group will provide twenty five million pounds worth of fuel systems and landing gear for the Tornado.
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They entered service with engraved foil type recorders, usually fitted in the landing gear bay.
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Boxes of new T-6 main landing gears and P-40 tail wheel assemblies were located and utilised in the mock-ups.
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The landing gear is also a touch fighter-style - tall, thin and hard.
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Was the landing gear up or down, or was one leg out of phase with the other?
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Fibreglass wheel pants were moulded and fitted to the landing gears and fake cowl flaps were attached to a re-worked AT-6 cowling.
lever
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Through the middle-of-the-night streets, seem to have forgotten how to drive, is this the gear lever ?
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No palm print on the gear lever , for instance.
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It'd take all of you to shift the gear lever .
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But the group selector, like the main gear lever , does ask for more than average effort from its user.
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The high-low button on the gear lever is a pleasure to work with; so is the forward-reverse selector.
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Vasili glanced over his shoulder, his foot already on the brake and his hand dipping towards the gear lever .
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He let Lily steer and work the gear lever and promised to teach her how to drive.
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The gear lever also chatters in its plastic cup, if it has not been replaced try that.
ratio
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It is extremely light and has a sensible gear ratio of 4:1.
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The gear ratios are tight so you can always find the right gear for any corner.
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Lower gear ratios are likely to be suitable when the motor's speed capability is restricted.
riot
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A team in riot gear went into Glentworth House, Netherfields, on Wednesday night to arrest a 29-year-old man.
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Police in riot gear in turn fired. 37-caliber rubber bullets and beanbag weapons.
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Warders in riot gear stormed the room after four hours and marched the 12 protesters to a segregation block.
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Police, many in riot gear , later separated the gangs.
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Almost 1,000 officers, many in riot gear , were needed to restore order.
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Police equipped with riot gear were called to the scene.
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Police, with riot gear on standby, were called in just after 1am this morning.
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Two dozen boys in blue arrive in full riot gear .
shift
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Her gear shifts sounded like twenty cooks pushing trays of silverware into an industrial-strength garbage disposal.
stick
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And between us, the bloody Rugby World Cup kept falling through the seats to knock my hand from the gear stick .
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Donna grabbed the gear stick , simultaneously pressing hard on the brake.
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In desperation the Minister leaned forward and grabbed the automatic gear stick , throwing it into reverse.
switch
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Nothing is more conducive to inducing mains spikes than heavy duty switch gear .
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What caused the switch gear to fail is still being investigated.
valve
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There are sealed for life bearings all over the valve gear and coupling rods.
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The main gasoline engine can be turned and its valve gear operates.
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I have been told it could be an oil feed problem to the valve gear , but the pipe is clear.
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In its simplest form, with piston-covered transfer and exhaust ports, it also does away with a four-stroke's valve gear .
■ VERB
buy
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Over-extended, that's what they were, too many orders and not enough money to buy the gear .
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Only way I can get the plane I need is you lend e the money to buy the other landing gear .
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No-one else can afford to buy stolen gear , really.
carry
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There are about twenty of us altogether, including half a dozen constables carrying the gear .
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Only poor artisans, likewise, carried all their gear on their backs and wandered through towns and countryside looking for work.
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A mixed rack should be carried and any in-situ gear , particularly old pegs, should be treated with great caution.
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Engines were shut down, and the pilots jumped out, carrying their gear .
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Of course we don't carry sub-aqua gear to check out these features before fishing: we can only discover them through practice.
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Others have optional add-on pockets and accessory straps for carrying extra gear on the outside of the sack.
don
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Refreshments would be served in the salon, while the combatants donned their battle gear for the fray in the changing room.
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Next he dons diving gear to break into the estate, and learns that it actually is a prison for illegal immigrants.
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Kate dons mountain-climbing gear over her wedding dress.
dress
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All the firefighters were ready, dressed in full gear in case they were needed.
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Seconds later, a security team dressed in protective gear arrived.
engage
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Massenga closed the doors then climbed into the cab beside the driver who engaged the gears and pulled out into the road.
get
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He managed to get the cab in gear and then he was away, really fast.
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Remember how long it took for the car to get into each gear ?
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In London the chaos took three seconds to get into full gear .
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Mark's idea of getting her to change gear was to slip on a nurse's uniform.
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On this the debate got into high gear and rolled along for two weeks.
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Then I got into gear and headed for friendly territory.
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The ship was going back to the States after it dropped us off, and they could get more gear there.
grind
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A truck, far off, grinds gears and whines, coming slowly closer.
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On Capitol Hill, the Republican revolution seems to be grinding its gears .
kick
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I tell him if he harbours any ideas about staying with me, he'd better kick the gear .
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At about that time, the gardening boom started kicking into high gear .
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The drug trade was starting to kick into high gear .
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The part that coveted love kicked into gear .
land
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The result was a mild crash; as they hit the ground, the propeller broke and the landing gear gave way.
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That report was filed after the landing gear failed a latch check and unsafe lights were on when the gear was retracted.
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Only way I can get the plane I need is you lend e the money to buy the other landing gear .
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The left landing gear went into an unplowed area of the taxiway.
move
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It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
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You need to be able to move swiftly, changing gears and learning new skills without complaining.
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It is among several which fear possible closure within months unless the new assessment and funding procedures move up several gears .
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The Edinburgh side needed to move up a gear to jolt Celtic out of their rhythm.
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We decided to move up a gear .
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Instead of moving all the gear around, he said, how about if I borrow your bass cabinet?
pack
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Your dad was packing his gear up.
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I want you down at the track as soon as possible. Pack up my gear as well as your own.
put
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Come on girls, put on your Spear gear and let's have some fun!
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She even waved and stepped back from the car as Lois put the car in gear .
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You want to put your brain in gear before you open your trap, Garry.
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We're told to get a tray to put our gear into.
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Grinning and waving, he puts the car into gear and steps on the accelerator.
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Sadly he convulsively jerked with sufficient violence to release the handbrake - always put your car in gear on a slope.
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She put it in to gear and eased out of the space, willing herself not to rush, not to panic.
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I put the car into gear and drive back to Jamie's flat.
slip
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I slipped gears and moved out.
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The Jeep fired up and he slipped it into gear , released the clutch and edged it forward.
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She slipped into her Village gear , a black ribbed dress, fishnet tights, pale lipstick, boots.
step
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But United stepped up a gear and regained the lead four minutes later.
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Coleraine, out of touch in midfield, stepped up a gear and created several good chances.
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The Melrose pack were able to step up a gear when they wanted, especially with Gala's entire front row absent.
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The visitors heeded the warning and stepped up a gear .
wear
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Top goalkeepers can earn up to £50,000-a-year from manufacturers for wearing their gear , including built-in bonuses for Cup runs and television appearances.
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There were retro-outfit types rubbing elbows with people wearing the original gear .
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Volunteers working on this and future projects will also be required to wear the appropriate safety gear .
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For some voters, concerns were increased where poll workers allegedly wore 49ers gear .
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When did you ever see a student wearing that Manc gear ?
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I always wear up-to-date gear , usually from the shop.
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Free sparring 1: kungfu students take part in tournaments wearing protective gear .
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She wore sensible walking gear but an air of not quite belonging.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bottom gear
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Erosion had sharpened its edges and although the drivers trundled gently in bottom gear, there were two punctures.
camping gear/equipment
move/get into top gear
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Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.
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It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
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Meanwhile Pistol Packer was getting into top gear on the stands side, and Caro and Arlequino were not done with.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At 8.30 we loaded all our gear into the boat, and cruised out to a spot a few miles offshore.
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camping gear
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Did you pack my hiking gear ?
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Have you got all your football gear ?
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Now that I've got all the gear , I'm ready to come out riding with you.
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The soldiers were wearing heavy combat gear and travelling in convoys.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Everywhere you went, you'd meet a mate who had some gear .
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Police, with riot gear on standby, were called in just after 1am this morning.
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Russell wrote, adding that he was on his way to trade the weapons for scuba gear .
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The 12, 000 pounds of gear required for the two-day flight test relies on the interactions of 18 computers.
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The drive is transmitted into the adjacent mill building which houses two complete sets of grinding gear and allied crushers, etc.
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The truck, in first gear again, was heading through a forest of small thin jack pine.
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There are bellends at either end and both are big enough to store a couple of rucksacks and cooking gear .
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Those with the most modern gear can land in zero visibility.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Training was geared more to general fitness than particular skills, and centred on running and skipping to improve speed and stamina.
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His talents are more geared to getting him into the residence than getting him out.
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While his program also analyses word types and their use, it is geared more towards the analysis of sentence construction.
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Ardrossan harbour, still small and geared more to handling cargo, had to cope with large-scale passenger traffic.
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One trend is toward a climatology geared more closely to the soil-water balance and the availability of soil water to plants.
specifically
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Because of this, authorities have found it hard to justify expenditure on services geared specifically to the needs of young women.
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But he was right about one thing, she says: There were no guide books specifically geared to female computer users.
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The pop music and fashion industries were geared specifically towards the young and magazines flourished in order to promote these trends.
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Others have programs geared specifically toward helping boys avoid dropping out of school.
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Others were with the resource specialist working on literacy materials geared specifically to their varying reading levels.
to
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Everything would be geared to quite ruthless war operations.
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Traditionally, life insurance policies have been geared to either protection or investment, rarely to both.
up
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Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base.
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This fight-or-flight response may have helped our ancestors gear up and either get away from danger or fight it off.
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Most City firms are gearing up now for a big awareness campaign, with conferences, newsletters, and direct one-to-one programmes.
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Meanwhile, the Perot organization is gearing up for petition drives in other states starting Feb. 1.
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Nomatterwhat the project, we're geared up to help you achieve your objectives.
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Kristian: I was all geared up to be in school, actually.
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Treachery from a party gearing up below White Slab - only to sneak on to Great/Bow ahead of the queue.
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While obviously busy and gearing up for a big night, the servers here were ever mindful of their dining patrons.
■ NOUN
need
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The conference will seek to identify ways in which emerging technology can be more closely geared to end-user needs .
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Much of this is possible because the curriculum is geared to the developmental needs of children.
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Is it simply that our screening procedures, which are geared to human need , overlook their actual role?
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The series is geared towards the needs of amateur painters starting out on the road to success.
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One problem remains, however - how do you find training that is geared to the needs of the individuals?
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Because of this, authorities have found it hard to justify expenditure on services geared specifically to the needs of young women.
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Courses can even be geared towards the specific needs of an incoming industry.
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Instead, the main ingredient of success appears to be that they have consistently geared themselves to the needs of international trade.
policy
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From that time onward, the Navy program was geared to this policy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A three-week strike meant a four-week delay by the time everybody was geared up to return to work.
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Clothes, styles, music, and movies, are all geared for their specific market and enjoyment.
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Eliminate narrow job-training programs, those geared to low-wage, low-skill occupations, and those that do not reflect labor-market needs.
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It will be gearing up this year, but is unlikely to repeat the 1991 rights issue.
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Reward systems, promotions and a sense of identity are individually geared and generated.
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The four speed gearbox seems to be very high geared.
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This revamping is geared toward helping workers adapt to changing times.