A badass phrase used by road warriors and mecha pilots alike. Used to inspire friends and psych enemies alike. There are usually machines like cars or mechs. Use at your own risk in real life.
"Kick it to high gear!" -Mecha Kingdoms Jax from League of Legends, after pressing his Ultimate Ability.
"Today I will show you how to kick it into high gear, at Rally City Farm." -Josh Sattin, verified Youtuber and Humanist.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)