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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Bump the gear

Can you help me because my car terminology is lausy.

He bumped the gear on the steering wheel and the car jerked into the drive.

Bump the gear?
into the drive (is drive here a part of an automatic gear shifter?or is it simply driveway?)

Thank you
  

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Hello, Antonia! If it's into"the" drive, then it means "into the driveway": the car moved jerkily into the driveway. "bumped the gear": obviously the gear box is on the seering wheel; whether he accidentally "bumped" into it, or whether he was say angry/upset and hit it a bit more violently than usual, it's for the context to decide!

— Pieanne

  • Hello, Antonia!
  • If it's into"the" drive, then it means "into the driveway": the car moved jerkily into the driveway.
  • "bumped the gear": obviously the gear box is on the seering wheel; whether he accidentally "bumped" into it, or whether he was say angry/upset and hit it a bit more violently than usual, it's for the context to decide!
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Hello, Antonia!
If it's into"the" drive, then it means "into the driveway": the car moved jerkily into the driveway.
"bumped the gear": obviously the gear box is on the seering wheel; whether he accidentally "bumped" into it, or whether he was say angry/upset and hit it a bit more violently than usual, it's for the context to decide!
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Hi pieanne!
Yes, that's right. I wondered whether the gear box is on the steering wheel or not, or wheter it is possible for it to be there. Since I don't drive an automatic, I didn't have a clue.
Thanks pieanne
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You're welcome, Antonia!
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