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
Damianos	-	Ancient Greek
Regina	rə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)	English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg
Lisha	LISH-ə	English
Lucyna	luw-TSI-nah	Polish
Florine	-	French
Fioralba	-	Italian