get brain in gear

get your brain in gear

(informal)

to make yourself start thinking clearly and effectively I've got to get my brain in gear for the meeting this afternoon.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
DÁNiel	DAH-nee-el (Hungarian)	Hungarian, Faroese
Nousha	-	Persian
Mieke	MEE-kə	Dutch
Richa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali
Aslanbek	-	Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian
Uthman	-	Arabic