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first gear - the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

low gear, low, first

auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"

gear mechanism, gear - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

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``Bo sounded like a truck in first gear and Carrie sounded like a bad set of brakes.

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Its two-speed transmission offers travel speeds of 2 MPH in first gear and 6 MPH in second.

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With the world economy slowly shifting out of first gear, Brazil's automobile plants are still coming to grips with their excess capacity, Industry leaders are looking for new production strategies or difficult cost-cutting methods.

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