English > gear up: 1 sense > verb 1, change| Meaning | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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| Synonyms | fix, prepare, set up, ready, set |
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| Narrower | brace, poise | Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult |
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| cram | Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam |
| cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops |
| fix | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study |
| mount | Fix onto a backing, setting, or support |
| precondition | put into the required condition beforehand |
| prime | insert / insert a primer into (a gun / gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing |
| provide | Take measures in preparation for |
| set up, lay out, set | Get ready for a particular purpose or event |
| socialize, socialise | Prepare for social life |
| summerize, summerise | Prepare for summer |
| winterize, winterise | Prepare for winter |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Spanish | acondicionar, aprestarse, aprestar, disponerse, disponer, prepararse, preparar |
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| Catalan | aprestar, disposar-se, preparar-se, preparar |
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