See lead foot on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "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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"ref": "1977, Neil Gallagher, How to Stop the Porno Plague, Bethany Fellowship, →ISBN, page 55:",
"text": "Sweetie, I think you've got a lead foot today. We're gonnnnnaaa - get a ticket.",
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"ref": "2010, Claudia Gray, Hourglass, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 27:",
"text": "Damn, but Kate's got a lead foot. Does she want us all to get speeding tickets?",
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"ref": "2013, Kirsten Miller, How to Lead a Life of Crime, Penguin, →ISBN:",
"text": "But here I am, sitting in the passenger seat of a Maserati GranTurismo, gathering information about the man at the wheel. He has a lead foot and very little respect for the city's traffic laws.",
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"A habit of driving fast."
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"(idiomatic) A habit of driving fast."
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"word": "lead foot"
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"etymology_text": "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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"ref": "1977, Neil Gallagher, How to Stop the Porno Plague, Bethany Fellowship, →ISBN, page 55:",
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"ref": "2010, Claudia Gray, Hourglass, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 27:",
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"(idiomatic) A habit of driving fast."
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