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step on it
to hurry in order to get something done quickly step on the gas We'd better step on it or we'll still be here when they get back.
step on it
Hurry up, go faster, as in Step on it or we are going to be late. This idiom alludes to stepping on a vehicle's gas pedal. [Colloquial; c. 1920]
step on it
Informal To go faster; hurry.