Idiom
lead foot
Meaning
A habit of driving fast.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has a lead foot and always drives too fast.”
“My brother got another speeding ticket because he has such a lead foot on the highway.”
“Despite the winding mountain roads and heavy rain, the driver maintained a lead foot, much to the alarm of his passengers.”
Examples
simple
“He has a lead foot and always drives too fast.”
contextual
“My brother got another speeding ticket because he has such a lead foot on the highway.”
complex
“Despite the winding mountain roads and heavy rain, the driver maintained a lead foot, much to the alarm of his passengers.”
Origin
A gas pedal needs to be pushed down using one's foot to go faster. If a foot was made of lead it would be very heavy, making it easier to depress the pedal.
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