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regear verb[ I or T ] (alsore-gear)uk /ˌriːˈɡɪər/ us /ˌriːˈɡɪr/ to change something, especially to make it suitable for a new situation: She has been advised to re-gear her campaign. Fishers have been given the opportunity to restructure their fishing operations, perhaps by regearing to catch fish by the less harmful method of line fishing. We really need to regear our thinking. The Internet bubble permanently regeared the economy. We decided that we should regear our operations internationally. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Changing direction about-face about-turn bear branch off break cut decoy divert someone/something to somewhere do an about-face do an about-turn excursive excursively ping-pong reverse slew someone's back is turnedidiom swerve turn around turn off (something) wheel
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