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top gear
[ top geer ]
noun
- the position or arrangement of parts in an automobile’s transmission that allows for the greatest speed and efficiency; the highest available gear in an automobile:
The automatic transmission has six speeds, enough to furnish fast, serene cruising in top gear.
top gear
noun
- the highest gear in a motor vehicle Often shortened totop
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of top gear1
Idioms and Phrases
- in / into top gear. gear ( def 17 ).
Example Sentences
The hotel is a "historic country lodge" where presenter Jeremy Clarkson famously got into a fight with a Top Gear producer in 2015.
William revealed Prince George is a fan of the show, which is filmed on former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire.
Mahomes and Travis Kelce are finding top gear in a much improved passing attack and the impressive Chiefs defence, even without star man Chris Jones, sacked Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson five times in yet another stifling display.
For now, there are several items on the bucket list remaining, from meeting Declan's favourite podcasters Chris and Rosie Ramsey, to having his van reviewed by former Top Gear presenter Chris Harris.
"Mark my words, Jaguar will go bust," Reform Party leader Nigel Farage predicted on X. But the former Top Gear presenter James May told the BBC that the fact the ad was being talked about so widely has "got to be a bit of a result for Jaguar, hasn't it"?
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