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put the pedal to the metal
Sl. to press a car's accelerator to the floor; to drive very fast. Let's go, man. Put the pedal to the metal. Put the pedal to the metal, and we'll make up some lost time.
See also: pedal, put
(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.
Etymology: based on the idea of pressing a car's gas pedal (a flat piece that you control with your foot) all the way to the floor to make the car go as fast as possible
Related vocabulary: floor it
See also: pedal
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