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change

verb [I or T] (SPEED)
 
 
/tʃeɪndʒ/ (US usually shift)

Definition

to put a vehicle into a different gear, usually in order to change the speed at which it is moving: to change gear I changed into fourth (gear).UK Change down to go round the corner.Driving and operating road vehicles
(Definition of change verb (SPEED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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