English verb: gear up | |||
1. | gear up (change) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | ||
Samples | Get the children ready for school!. Prepare for war. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill. | ||
Synonyms | fix, prepare, ready, set, set up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brace, cram, crop, cultivate, fix, lay out, mount, poise, precondition, prime, provide, set, set up, socialise, socialize, summerise, summerize, winterise, winterize, work | ||