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low gear in American English US 1. the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque 2. Informal low speed or efficiency See full dictionary entry for gear Examples of 'low gear' in a sentencelow gear The twenty-eight-wheeler came groaning up the hill, obviously heavily laden, in a low gear.First, drop into a low gear well before you're forced to.But the driver's own effort and its unofficial doppelgangers ambled along in low gear.Enter the water slowly in a low gear.Gurgles nicely on shorter, low-gear trips around kitchen.But to play them is to confront a tractor moving in low gear.You'll need to be in low gear, and the speed limit is a strict 5mph.But drivers would have to stay in a low gear and the engine would rev more and use more fuel, causing more pollution.When we acquired the car, we noticed that it produced a distinct whistling sound while idling and in low gear.The computer then automatically selects a low gear ratio, resulting in the same engine braking effect. |