change gear

idiom

British

: to move from one level or area of activity to another

He once again changed gear in his career.

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The main gear selector always defaults to a central position and requires double inputs to change gear. —

Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023 The performance is similar and although there’s no need to change gear, the car still feels like an analog classic with the edges rounded off, rather than a totally smooth and silent modern EV. —

Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 4 May 2023 Bentley has also sharpened the responses of the Speed's eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, which is able to change gear up to 100 percent faster, as the overlap time between the clutches disengaging and engaging has been reduced to zero. —

Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2021 But stock-exchange operators still had to change gear for the day of the listing. —

Nina Trentmann, WSJ, 2 July 2020