put in gear

Example Sentences

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There are also versions for manual transmissions that prevent the car from being put in gear.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

When the engines were set up and put in gear, a stone was shot from each of them into the town.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

The power is there; but you must let the wheels be put in gear.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

Then with a horrible grinding noise the car was put in gear, Gloria adding an accompaniment of laughter which seemed to Anthony disquieting and in the worst possible taste.

From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)