Idiom
give it the gun
Meaning
To cause a specific vehicle to accelerate; to open the throttle of an engine.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Give it the gun so we can pass this slow truck.”
“When the light turned green, he gave it the gun to merge quickly onto the busy highway.”
“Realizing the storm was closing in rapidly, the pilot gave it the gun to gain altitude and clear the mountain pass before visibility dropped.”
Examples
simple
“Give it the gun so we can pass this slow truck.”
contextual
“When the light turned green, he gave it the gun to merge quickly onto the busy highway.”
complex
“Realizing the storm was closing in rapidly, the pilot gave it the gun to gain altitude and clear the mountain pass before visibility dropped.”
Origin
Originally from the US.
Key words
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