shift gears (English, verb)
expansion: shift gears (third-person singular simple present shifts gears, present participle shifting gears, simple past and past participle shifted gears)
Senses:
glosses: To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
glosses: To change pace or mode of operation.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: shifts gears
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shifting gears
tags: participle
present
form: shifted gears
tags: participle
past
form: shifted gears
tags: past