Idiom
put the hammer down
Meaning
To drive quickly; to step on the accelerator.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He put the hammer down to pass the slow truck.”
“When the light turned green, she put the hammer down to merge safely onto the highway.”
“Realizing they were running late for the flight, he put the hammer down and pushed the car to its absolute limit.”
Examples
simple
“He put the hammer down to pass the slow truck.”
contextual
“When the light turned green, she put the hammer down to merge safely onto the highway.”
complex
“Realizing they were running late for the flight, he put the hammer down and pushed the car to its absolute limit.”
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