give it the gun

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.

give it the gun

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

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adolph	AD-ahlf, AY-dahlf	English
Danyal	-	Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish
Gracia	GRAH-thyah (Spanish), GRAH-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Ogechi	-	Western African, Igbo
Zinoviy	zee-NO-vee	Russian
Teofila	te-aw-FEE-lah (Polish)	Italian, Polish