Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To shift a motor vehicle into a higher gear.
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- noun automotive A shift to a higher
gear - noun sciences, engineering A shift to a higher level, such as of
frequency orgrowth - verb automotive To shift to a higher gear
- verb sciences, engineering To shift to a higher level, such as of frequency or growth rate
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyone found that in the Dirt2 video the shifting animation for the upshift was a little late?
Autoblog 2009
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So the explosion at the mountain summit is likely a cover for Criss Angel to sneak in and "upshift" for him.
All You Riders Flog My Product: Epics in the Service of Publicity BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Sequential gearboxes work by having only two gears, an "upshift" and a "downshift".
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Mazda gets extra racing cred for putting the upshift gate rearward, and the downshift gate forward, which is naturally where your hand wants to go if you are braking for a corner and downshifting.
Mazda3 Really Moves the Needle (Not the Gas One) Dan Neil 2012
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Today we attempted to upshift two common everyday utensils through a modified version of our experimental electromagnetic phase shift device.
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Granted, the car will automatically downshift, but it does not automatically upshift, so you can control your gearage much more.
Matthew Yglesias » The End of Hierarchical File Systems 2010
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I am rewarded with a hateful shove in the back, an upshift that takes, according to the company, 50 milliseconds—in case you're curious what explosive decom
Lambo's Latest Rambo Has a Heart Dan Neil 2011
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The effort marks a major upshift in the central government's stance on the so-called "people's war" of the Maoists.
Taking the Fight to the Maoists Ashok K. Mehta 2010
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The effort marks a major upshift in the central government's stance on the so-called "people's war" of the Maoists.
Taking the Fight to the Maoists Ashok K. Mehta 2010
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The effort marks a major upshift in the central government's stance on the so-called "people's war" of the Maoists.
Taking the Fight to the Maoists Ashok K. Mehta 2010
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