Definition of "upshift" [upshift]

• To shift a motor vehicle into a higher gear. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Anyone found that in the Dirt2 video the shifting animation for the upshift was a little late?"
• "So the explosion at the mountain summit is likely a cover for Criss Angel to sneak in and "upshift" for him."
• "Sequential gearboxes work by having only two gears, an "upshift" and a "downshift"."