low gear

low gear

n.1. The gear configuration of a transmission that produces the lowest vehicular speed relative to engine speed.2. A state of minimum activity, energy, or force: The project went into low gear during summer vacation.

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low gear - the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car movingfirst gear, low, firstauto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"gear mechanism, gear - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)