The air-cooled two-cylinder engine is less obtrusive than one might expect, thanks to vacuum control which automatically upgears the car and holds down the speed of the 746-cc engine.
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Upgear
Synonyms for "upgear"
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Cam will help but you'd need to upgear a tire size to capitalize on it.
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The vicious cycle of repression was upgeared and intensified.
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She says it clearly, carefully and very deliberately, recalling a time when their gigs are already upgearing to concerts and benefits organised by Bill Graham, for whom Airplane become regulars of the Fillmore […]
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