Idiom
hit the gas
Meaning
To go; go faster.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We are late, so please hit the gas.”
“The light turned green, so she hit the gas to get through the intersection before it changed again.”
“Realizing they were being followed through the dark streets, he hit the gas and accelerated rapidly into the night to lose his pursuers.”
Examples
simple
“We are late, so please hit the gas.”
contextual
“The light turned green, so she hit the gas to get through the intersection before it changed again.”
complex
“Realizing they were being followed through the dark streets, he hit the gas and accelerated rapidly into the night to lose his pursuers.”
Origin
From the suggestion of engaging the gas pedal, or accelerator, in a motor vehicle. The term lacks a specific date of introduction or a single named progenitor in the source record.
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