Usually means: Lowest gear, high engine power.
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  1. first gear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. first gear: Vocabulary.com
  3. first gear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. first gear: Wiktionary
  5. first gear: Dictionary.com
  6. first gear: Rhymezone
  7. first gear: FreeDictionary.org
  8. first gear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. first gear: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. first gear: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. first gear: Encyclopedia

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  1. first gear: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (first gear)

noun:  The first gear of a transmission or other gearbox, which usually is the one that provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage, except in setups in which there is a granny gear.

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