- put the pedal to the metal
- Vrb phrs. To go faster, to accelerate. From the action of pressing the accelerator (gas pedal) to the floor of a vehicle in order to make it go faster.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
put the pedal to the metal
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put the pedal to the metal — see ↑pedal, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑metal put the pedal to the metal US informal 1 : to drive very fast 2 : to work very quickly We are going to have to put the pedal to the metal if we want to finish on time. • • • … Useful english dictionary
put the pedal to the metal — (put) the pedal to the metal to make something go forward or increase as fast as possible. Ingrid put the pedal to the metal and finished writing her essay a day early. Related vocabulary: floor it … New idioms dictionary
put the pedal to the metal — If you put the pedal to the metal, you go faster … The small dictionary of idiomes
put the pedal to the metal — tv. to press a car’s accelerator to the floor; to floor it. □ Let’s go, man. Put the pedal to the metal. □ Put the pedal to the metal, and we’re out of here … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
put the pedal to the metal — If you put the pedal to the metal, you go faster. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
put the pedal to the metal — Trucker slang for Accelerate, speed up as in Let s put the pedal to the metal … Dictionary of automotive terms
(the) pedal to the metal — (put) the pedal to the metal to make something go forward or increase as fast as possible. Ingrid put the pedal to the metal and finished writing her essay a day early. Related vocabulary: floor it … New idioms dictionary
put the hammer down — go faster, floor it, pedal to the metal If we s goin from New York to LA in two days, you got to put de hammer down … English idioms
put the pedal to the metal — verb a) To press the gas pedal to the maximum extent. b) To exert maximum effort. Syn: floor it, go all out … Wiktionary
put the pedal to the metal — v. accelerate a car by pressing the accelerator pedal to the floor … English slang
