engage gear

Examples (10)

• Engage first gear and move off.
• The driving instructor taught me how to smoothly engage the gear.
• He stalled the car because he failed to engage the gear properly.
• Once the light turns green, you will need to engage first gear quickly.
• You must fully depress the clutch before you can engage any gear.
• Engaging the wrong gear can damage the transmission.
• Did you remember to engage the correct gear before accelerating up the hill?
• The race car driver waits for the perfect moment to engage the next gear.
• If you don't engage the gear fully, you'll hear a terrible grinding noise.
• After stopping, he carefully tried to engage reverse gear to park the car.