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step on it

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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.

See also: on, step

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]

See also: on, step

step on it

Informal

To go faster; hurry.

See also: on, step