working well.

I'd just awakened and I didn't have my brain in gear yet.

Usage notes: often used in the form get something (back) in gear:

Leaders from both sides will meet in Washington in an effort to get peace talks back in gear.

Etymology: based on the idea of an engine with gears (= machine parts that help an engine move or operate a machine or vehicle)

• get away from it all
• get away scot-free
• get away with
• get away with murder
• get away with something
• Get away with you!
• get a word in edgeways
• get a word in edgewise
• get back on track
• get back up
• get bearings
• get behind
• get behind someone
• get behind something
• get behind the wheel
• get bent out of shape
• get beyond a joke
• get blood from a stone
• get blood out of a stone
• get brain in gear
• get brownie points
• get carte blanche
• get caught up in
• get caught up in something
• get claws into