upshift

🇺🇸 /ˈʌpʃɪft/ 🇬🇧 /ˈʌpʃɪft/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

To move to a higher gear in a vehicle.

When we went uphill, I had to upshift to maintain speed.

translation

v. To move to a higher gear in a vehicle.

Word Forms

3rd Present upshifts
Past upshifted
Perfect upshifted
Progressive upshifting