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floor it

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floor it

Fig. to press down hard and fast on the accelerator of a vehicle. She floored it and sped off over the hill.

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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

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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