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cranking the gears

To drive something; make something happen; run the show
Underneath the corporate veil, cranking the gears, aren't moneys, robots, or artificial intelligence, but people: managers, employees, corporate executives, and shareholders. -- "UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship" by MJ DeMarco
by LBRT August 1, 2017
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gucci gear

Expensive name brand tactical gear and firearms accessories. People will often purchase said gear, but not spend enough money on training, with obvious results.
Tim spent his whole paycheck on Gucci Gear, and doesn’t have any money left for ammo to go to the range.
by Waffenmeister April 5, 2021
mugGet the gucci gearmug.

Auto Gear

Auto Gear is also a slang word used by villain Dipjol in movie “Ghar tera”. It means doing something with perfect speed and balance.
Boss: You guys drive car in first gear, I drive car in auto gear.
by Jbenzio December 25, 2017
mugGet the Auto Gearmug.

gear friend

(noun)

not a real friend, this is a person who is not regularly invited to one’s house for jam sessions, nor is this a person who one talks to all day long on Facebook messenger. Jam sessions and messages are for real friends.
I see you like to keep your gear friends separate from your real friends.
by Neeneenah August 24, 2019
mugGet the gear friendmug.

rough on gear

When someone is on drugs (MDMA) and they are angry/fighting mood or in a bad state during or after
Wow, Charlie is a bit rough on gear isn't he?
by bleshgo January 9, 2021
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reverse gear

Commonly used term in Indian slang to call someone homosexual (gay)
by Punjabi Gangster August 17, 2023
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Gear Bigot

From "Gear-Head". A gear bigot is a car enthusiast prejudiced against certain automotive marques because of their country of origin; a domestic car enthusiast who, unaware of the high performance nature of many foreign cars, continues to think if it is not a Detroit product, it's not high-performance; a person who uses derisive terms to refer to foreign cars, i.e., "ricer", "rice-burner", "kraut can", etc.;
a person who doesn't care once-foreign cars are manufactured in the USA and continues to refer to them as
"imports" but by derisive terms.
He won't consider buying any car with a foreign-sounding name, even though it's made in the USA. He's a real gear bigot.
by Cameltow_Albuquerque October 24, 2012
mugGet the Gear Bigotmug.

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