Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shifting gears

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
shift-ing gears
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle of shift gears

Questions

What does shifting gears mean?
present participle of shift gears

How to pronounce shifting gears

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