into high gear



into high gear

To a faster or more intense pace. All right, let's kick it into high gear for the last part of today's workout! I've always been a good student, but now that I'm trying to get a scholarship for college, my studying has gone into high gear.
See also: gear, high

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MintaMIN-təEnglish (Rare)
Yeshua-Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Aramaic
Yehudit-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Ivka-Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Czech
KandiKAN-deeEnglish
FritjofFRIT-shof (Swedish), FRIT-yof (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish