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floor it

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floor it (American, informal)

to drive a car as fast as it will go. He likes to take his sports car out on the road and floor it.

See also: floor

floor it

to drive as fast as you can. Some drivers seem to believe a yellow traffic light means floor it and rush through an intersection as fast as possible.

Related vocabulary: (put) the pedal to the metal

Etymology: based on the idea that you push the pedal (= part worked with the foot) down to the floor of a car to go as fast as you can

See also: floor

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