Idiom
burn rubber
Meaning
To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He had to burn rubber to make the green light.”
“The driver had to burn rubber to merge safely into the fast-moving highway traffic.”
“Realizing the train was departing, she burned rubber to reach the station before the doors closed.”
Examples
simple
“He had to burn rubber to make the green light.”
contextual
“The driver had to burn rubber to merge safely into the fast-moving highway traffic.”
complex
“Realizing the train was departing, she burned rubber to reach the station before the doors closed.”
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