give it/her the gun

give it/her the gun

To accelerate or rev an engine. The burglar leapt into the getaway car and yelled, "Give it the gun, the cops are coming!" Hey, give it the gun, someone's chasing me! A: "Give her the gun, would ya?" B: "I am, this old car just doesn't go as fast as she used to!"

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Give it the gun.

 and Give her the gun.

Fig. to make a motor or engine run faster; to rev up an engine. (The her is often pronounced "er.") Bill: How fast will this thing go? Bob: I'll give it the gun and see. Hurry up, driver. Give 'er the gun. I've got to get there immediately.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

give it the gun

accelerate powerfully in a car. informal

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give it the gun

tv. to gun an engine; to rev an engine up. I gave it the gun, and it backfired.

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