gear shift
(automotive, American, Canadian) The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
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(automotive, American, Canadian) The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
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(automotive) That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
“Are you familiar with the gear shift?”
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(figurative) a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music).
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