gear to (someone or something)

gear to (someone or something)

1. To be suited to or have a focus on a particular audience or objective. The company has made it clear that their newest product is geared to tech-savvy professionals with disposable income to burn. The films are supposedly geared to kids, but they are full of really dark and scary imagery.
2. To design something with a focus on a particular audience or objective. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gear" and "to." Make sure you gear this class to beginners. I'm going to gear my new sci-fi show more to female viewers. I use a planning system that is geared to helping me achieve all my goals for the year.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gear something to someone or something

to cause something to match something else; to create or adapt something for a specific purpose. Tim geared his speech to his audience. The newspaper geared its language to a fourth-grade reading level.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • gear to
  • gearing
  • gear toward
  • gear toward (someone or something)
  • geared to (someone or something)
  • geared toward (someone or something)
  • after (one's) own heart
  • after one's own heart
  • after your own heart
  • suffice for