clash gear

We clashed gears and ran stoplights across town to the street he had named.

Driving in low gear for no apparent reason or repeatedly clashing gears.

Five made a grinding noise, like clashing gears.

Even out on the road, Jack could smell machine oil, grease, smouldering fanbelts, and clashing gears.

The noise of clashing gears and the stench of diesel added to his discomfort.

Under Mikell Pinkney's direction, the quartet switches from comedy to spiritual fervor without clashing gears.

A small baked-mud shack stood to the right of the main gate, from which a commotion erupted as Abdel clashed gears and topped the crest of the trail.