swing into gear

swing into gear

To begin doing something at a higher speed, intensity, or level of enthusiasm. The city is swinging into gear in its preparations for the anniversary parade. I'm going to meet with my team on Saturday so we can swing into gear on this project.
See also: gear, swing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • swing into high gear
  • swing into full gear
  • swing into
  • swing into (something)
  • fly out of the traps
  • like a man/woman possessed
  • like a person possessed
  • like someone possessed
  • ratchet up
  • give it large
References in periodicals archive
In addition, some market players assumed defensive positions ahead of evenings season here, which is set to swing into gear soon.
Tokyo stocks tumble on yen's advance
A pre-match thunderstorm left a lot of surface water on the pitch and the contest took some time to swing into gear.
Seagulls in a flap but quality tells as Vale bow out
Another Sellers venture is about to swing into gear with the launch of a brand new band called what else but, Mighty Oaks.
Growing into the future; Brass
A massive 6 million pounds policing operation will swing into gear during
Crowds to throng streets for carnival
Not only was Tinker AFB suffering from its own weather woes, an AWACS bird wasn't ready to swing into gear.
The best of intentions: we were one mile inside the IAF and established on the approach when ATC reported the ceiling had fallen below mins
When one of us is not clicking, invariably the other two swing into gear.
THAI RACK; Football jibes fire the Scots