out of gear

Speech parts

1. out of gear - Phrase

2. out of gear - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

not having gears engaged

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Synonyms

out askew dead broken standing ineffective inactive awry amiss inoperative haywire discomposed discomfited cockeyed deranged
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Antonyms

great working active operating functional accompanying
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Examples

Common man has at long last got himself so far out of gear with nature and his environment that he is beginning to see the shape of extinction, whether he recognizes it as such or not. Philip Wylie

threw the machine's pinion out of gear Source: Internet

His car kept slipping out of gear, but a Ford garage blamed it on him and demanded payment for the repair work. Source: Internet

Normal life was thrown out of gear on Monday in more than ten states with widespread violence during. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

out of gear

Close letter words and terms

out of frame out of game Out of Gas out of hand out of harm's way out of harmony