step on it

English

Etymology

Automobile accelerators are usually foot pedals, so stepping down harder increases the acceleration.

Pronunciation

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Verb

step on it (third-person singular simple present steps on it, present participle stepping on it, simple past and past participle stepped on it)

1. To drive fast; to step on the accelerator.

   If I step on it, I can still arrive on time.

2. (idiomatic) To act quickly.

   They'll have to step on it to finish the paper tonight.

Translations

to drive fast

• Finnish: painaa kaasua
• French: mettre les gaz (fr), appuyer sur le champignon (fr)
• Greek: πατάω γκάζι (patáo gkázi)
• Korean: 밟아 라 (balba ra)
• Macedonian: нагазува (nagazuva)
• Polish: dawać gazu impf, dać gazu pf
• Portuguese: pisar fundo (pt)
• Russian: жать на газ impf (žatʹ na gaz), поднажа́ть (ru) pf (podnažátʹ)
• Swedish: gasen i botten, plattan i mattan (sv)

to act quickly

• Finnish: panna töpinäksi
• Russian: поднажа́ть (ru) pf (podnažátʹ)

See also

• bug out
• burn rubber
• floor it
• haul ass
• make like a tree
• make tracks
• pedal to the metal
• take off

Anagrams

• Poinsett, nepotist, neti pots, pointest, pointset, set point, setpoint, stonepit