Idiom
hit the accelerator
Meaning
Synonym of hit the gas.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Hit the accelerator so we are not late.”
“When the road finally cleared, she hit the accelerator to pass the slow truck in front of her.”
“Realizing they were falling behind schedule, the driver hit the accelerator, pushing the vehicle to its limit to reach the destination before nightfall.”
Examples
simple
“Hit the accelerator so we are not late.”
contextual
“When the road finally cleared, she hit the accelerator to pass the slow truck in front of her.”
complex
“Realizing they were falling behind schedule, the driver hit the accelerator, pushing the vehicle to its limit to reach the destination before nightfall.”
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