"gun it" meaning in All languages combined

See gun it on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: guns it [present, singular, third-person], gunning it [participle, present], gunned it [participle, past], gunned it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gun it (third-person singular simple present guns it, present participle gunning it, simple past and past participle gunned it)
  1. (informal) To accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly. Tags: informal

Download JSONL data for gun it meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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