"cane it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: canes it [present, singular, third-person], caning it [participle, present], caned it [participle, past], caned it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cane it (third-person singular simple present canes it, present participle caning it, simple past and past participle caned it)
  1. (UK, slang) To go very fast. Tags: UK, slang Synonyms: cane, bomb it, hoon it, hoon

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "canes it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "caning it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caned it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caned it",
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          "parents": [],
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: hoon it (UK), hoon"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              139,
              148
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2017, “Crocodile”, in Black Mirror, season 4, episode 3, spoken by Mia and Rob (Andrea Riseborough and Andrew Gower):",
          "text": "Mia: We got to call someone. / Rob: No, no, no, no, no, no. Fucking hell, Mia. Think, OK, hey? You need to think, baby. We've been fucking caning it, yeah? / Mia: Yeah. / Rob: This is prison, yeah? A fucking instant prison.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go very fast."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "fly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "scramble"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "get a move on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hasten"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "haul"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hurtle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "bustle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "haul ass"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "haul one's ashes"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hie"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hump it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hurry"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hustle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "make haste"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "make tracks"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "move it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "rattle one's hocks"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "rush"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "scream"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "shift"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "skedaddle"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "swap"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "speed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "zip"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "zoom"
        }
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        "(UK, slang) To go very fast."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cane"
        },
        {
          "word": "bomb it"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoon it"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoon"
        }
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    },
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "caned it",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caned it",
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        },
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              139,
              148
            ]
          ],
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          "text": "Mia: We got to call someone. / Rob: No, no, no, no, no, no. Fucking hell, Mia. Think, OK, hey? You need to think, baby. We've been fucking caning it, yeah? / Mia: Yeah. / Rob: This is prison, yeah? A fucking instant prison.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go very fast."
      ],
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          "word": "fly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "scramble"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "get a move on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hasten"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "haul"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hurtle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "bustle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "haul ass"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "haul one's ashes"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hie"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hump it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hurry"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "hustle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "make haste"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "make tracks"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "move it"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "rattle one's hocks"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "rush"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "scream"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "shift"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "skedaddle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "swap"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "speed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:rush",
          "word": "zip"
        },
        {
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        "(UK, slang) To go very fast."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cane"
        },
        {
          "word": "bomb it"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoon it"
        },
        {
          "word": "hoon"
        }
      ],
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        "UK",
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    }
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}

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