gear up

n.

1.

To prepare (for an event or activity); as, to gear up for the election campaign.

Verb

1.

gear up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" Synonyms: prepare, ready, set, fix, set up

alter, brace, change, cram, crop, cultivate, fix, lay out, modify, mount, poise, precondition, prepare, prime, provide, ready, set, set up, socialise, socialize, summerise, summerize, winterise, winterize, work