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n. (context US English) gear lever
Usage examples of "shift lever".
Pitt moved the shift lever into Forward and steered the Grand Banks on a course along the Ulrich Woof.
As soon as the heavy old vehicle slewed to a stop, he shoved the shift lever into reverse and tromped on the accelerator and wove the lumbering machine down off the slope and back along the blessedly empty slow lane to the last off ramp.
Domi cursed, worked the shift lever, and the treads found traction again, pulling them up the riverbank and onto dry land.
The engine started on the second turn, and he shoved the shift lever into drive and headed for the exit ramp and the gate only one level above.
As long as she kept her hot little right hand off the stereo, off the phone and on the shift lever, nothing was going to catch her.
Malin watch Johnny fiddle with the shift lever, open the choke, pump the gas bulb, then yank the starter cord.
He drops his eyes, moves the shift lever to R, and nearly backs into the Miata behind him.
Slipping the shift lever into first gear, he eased the BMW out of the parking lot and turned right past Dodger Stadium, heading out of Elysian Park into downtown Los Angeles.
Suvorov dropped the shift lever into drive and jammed the accelerator to the floor mat so fiercely, the rear tires spun and sprayed gravel for fifty yards before finally gaining traction.