shift gear

With those few words, she had shifted gears on my thinking.

Then, quickly, she shifted gears to the heart of her game.

The President was also very good when it came to shifting gears.

He considered that, and I could almost see him shift gears.

She could actually sense him shifting gears at the sound of a female voice.

These guys could shift gears so quickly that it was hard to keep up with them.

She caught my arm as I started to shift gears for the turn.

It is my generation that has had to shift gears.

Then it all shifts gears because when you get on the set, it's like a whole different world.

So now he shifted gears and tried out being rational.

In his late work he is clearly trying to shift gears, though with mixed success.

She still had some uncertainty shifting gears, and every so often got the wrong one.

He shifted gears and accelerated at the top of his car's power.

So it seemed unlikely that he would now shift gears.

Then, the sun came up and the nightmare shifted gears.

After the first 300, I shifted gears and it tightened up on me.

She heard the armored car shifting gears and moving down the road toward them.

They held hands all the way, even when Farrell had to shift gears.

The time had come to shift gears; this was not strictly a personal call.

You sort of shift gears into high speed to make other minds work on a higher level.

Now, however, many organizations in California and elsewhere say they are shifting gears.

The staff did not shift gears to honor his request.

As I pounded around the track my mind shifted gears.

He smiled at her gesture and decided to shift gears.

Even so, it is not clear that much of the media will be able to shift gears once the specifics are known.