gear up

Verb
  1. Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc (synset 200407168)
    "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    • socialise, socialize - prepare for social life
    • provide - take measures in preparation for
    • cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
    • precondition - put into the required condition beforehand
    • fix - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
    • mount - fix onto a backing, setting, or support
    • lay out, set, set up - get ready for a particular purpose or event
    • winterise, winterize - prepare for winter
    • summerise, summerize - prepare for summer
    • prime - insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
    • crop, cultivate, work - prepare for crops
    • brace, poise - prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
    same as: fix, prepare, ready, set, set up

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