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Discover LudwigThe phrase "shift gear" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to mean both "to change gear in a car to a higher or lower setting" and "to make a significant change in a plan or activity". For example: "Now that we have a new strategy, we need to shift gear and start taking action."
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How you have to shift gear, steer, signal, look, go".
That poised, in-the-moment capacity to shift gear was the evening's hallmark.
It was surprisingly easy to shift gear between the Turner prize and the Italian Renaissance.
He had got bored with acting: "I wanted to shift gear, keep moving".
This was a time when the film industry was attempting to shift gear.
"Everyone – donors, the UN, aid agencies, the government – all of us need to shift gear on this crisis," Khan said.
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"I had to shift gears," he said.
Now, let's shift gears slightly.
"So I have to shift gears stylistically".
This government won't shift gears.
I do have to shift gears.
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