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Verb: gear up
  1. Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
    "I was gearing up to leave town after I paid the hotel bill";
    - fix, prepare, set up, ready, set

Derived forms: gears up, geared up, gearing up

Type of: alter, change, modify

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