<span class="searchmatch">In</span> reference to being behind front lines ("<span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span>") alongside equipment and supplies ("<span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">gear</span>"). <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> <span class="searchmatch">with</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> (military, slang) Far away...
(plural asses in the grass) (US, military, slang, vulgar) The situation of a soldier deployed in active combat. one's ass is grass in <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> <span class="searchmatch">with</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">gear</span>...
herringbone <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> high <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> full <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> high <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> interrupter <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> <span class="searchmatch">with</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> jacking <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> landing <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> laughing <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> laughing-<span class="searchmatch">gear</span> low...
to <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> axle pain <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> admiral <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> back <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> double biceps <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> echelon <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> end <span class="searchmatch">rear</span>-end <span class="searchmatch">rear</span>-end collision <span class="searchmatch">rear</span>-ended <span class="searchmatch">rear</span>-ender <span class="searchmatch">rear</span>-guard...
1995, John Marsden, <span class="searchmatch">The</span> Third Day, <span class="searchmatch">The</span> Frost: I stood on <span class="searchmatch">the</span> brake and shoved <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> stick into reverse, not even looking <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span>-vision mirror, thinking...
landings) An airplane landing <span class="searchmatch">in</span> which <span class="searchmatch">the</span> two main landing <span class="searchmatch">gears</span> and <span class="searchmatch">the</span> front landing <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> or <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> landing <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> or skid all touch <span class="searchmatch">the</span> ground simultaneously...
<span class="searchmatch">gear</span> change, gearshift (a mechanism which changes <span class="searchmatch">gears</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> a vehicle) (US, CA) <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> shift, shift lever, stick shift; (UK) <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> lever, <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> stick (<span class="searchmatch">the</span>...
pole-sockets) Of a carriage, <span class="searchmatch">the</span> iron socket that is frequently attached to <span class="searchmatch">the</span> transom of <span class="searchmatch">the</span> front <span class="searchmatch">gearing</span>, into which <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">rear</span> end of <span class="searchmatch">the</span> pole is inserted....
derailleurs) <span class="searchmatch">The</span> mechanism on a bicycle used to move <span class="searchmatch">the</span> chain from one sprocket (<span class="searchmatch">gear</span>) to another. 1993, John Forester, “Adjusting Derailleurs”, <span class="searchmatch">in</span> Effective...
Coordinate terms: fourth <span class="searchmatch">gear</span>, fifth <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> Near-synonym: top <span class="searchmatch">gear</span> <span class="searchmatch">In</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> 1970s, many transmission designs were revised to add an overdrive <span class="searchmatch">gear</span>. 1981 October, Popular...