Idiom
floor it
Meaning
To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The light turned green, so I decided to floor it.”
“We were running late for the flight, so my friend told me to floor it on the highway.”
“Realizing the pursuers were gaining ground, the driver decided to floor it, pushing the engine to its absolute limit as they sped toward the border.”
Examples
simple
“The light turned green, so I decided to floor it.”
contextual
“We were running late for the flight, so my friend told me to floor it on the highway.”
complex
“Realizing the pursuers were gaining ground, the driver decided to floor it, pushing the engine to its absolute limit as they sped toward the border.”
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