See give it some welly on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2000, Autocar, page 63:",
"text": "Believe me, if you give it a little welly down a twisty B-road this car feels pretty entertaining",
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"ref": "2007, David Dixon, Richard Noble, “Tom Walkinshaw's Le Mans Effort”, in Watts My Line?: The Life and Work of Editorial Artist, Lawrie Watts, page 72:",
"text": "Having put the engineer at ease, I think, it was time to give the car some welly and I was amazed how effortlessly it rocketed up to, er, high speeds, then lost speed almost as rapidly when the powerful brakes came into use.",
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"ref": "2008, Alan McMonagle, Liar, Liar:",
"text": "I insisted we share the driving and, after we pulled in for a tank of petrol one hour into our drive, she reluctantly let me take over. 'Give it some welly,' she said to me as I eased off the clutch. 'I'm trying,' I said",
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"ref": "2008, Andy Thackwray, The Fruits From An Innocent Mind, page 52:",
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