hit the gas

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hit the gas

To move quickly; to accelerate or go faster. Used especially while riding in an automobile. We'll need to hit the gas if we want to make it to the movie on time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hyeon-U	hyun-oo	Korean
Gautstafr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Ozzie	AHZ-ee	English
Jess	JES	English
Ru	-	Chinese
Teresa	te-RE-sah (Spanish, Polish), te-RE-zah (Italian, German), TE-re-sah (Finnish), tə-REE-sə (English), tə-REE-zə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English