find another gear
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To suddenly achieve an extra burst of athletic performance, especially after a sustained period of competitive exertion.
verb
Example Sentences
- "But the Devils found another gear in the third period and found the energy that had been lacking throughout a sluggish second period."
- "[I]f the 24-year-old Djokovic wants to replicate or even surpass his 2011 results, he'll have to keep finding another gear."
- "Swimmers talk about finding another gear when they need it."
- "Trailing Kostelic by .017 seconds after her first run, Paerson found another gear on her second trip down the deteriorating course to finish with a combined time of 1min 38.65sec—almost a half-second clear of her Croatian rival."
- "Management's ultimate goal is to become one of the world's top five automakers. That will require finding another gear."
- "It's amazing that after seven-plus seasons as one of the most consistently compelling shows on TV, NCIS still finds another gear with certain story arcs."