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gearing-up

 
Verb gear-up has 1 sense
  1. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
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    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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