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low gear
noun
The lowest gear available from a gearbox, typically in a motor vehicle or cycle.
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"That gets you going in low gear.
"We drove it in low gear.
Recently, the company has slipped from low gear into reverse.
There is not a low gear range for extreme conditions.
Unlike most 4-by-4 trucks, it doesn't have a low gear range for off-roading.
But like a car, it can be shifted into low gear.
Would the Malonys think of pulling onto a California freeway in low gear?
that I had to call on low gear to get up the hill to my house.
All-wheel drive works much the same way, except it lacks the low gear range.
But it has not been enough to kick the local economy out of low gear.
As Button slipped into low gear, the focus turned to off-track shenanigans.
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