"floor it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-floor it.ogg Forms: floors it [present, singular, third-person], flooring it [participle, present], floored it [participle, past], floored it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} floor it (third-person singular simple present floors it, present participle flooring it, simple past and past participle floored it)
  1. (idiomatic, automobiles) To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms (to depress the accelerator the maximum extent): put pedal to the metal, fang it [Australian], redline, step on it Translations (To depress accelerator fully): mettre le pied au plancher (French), mettre les gaz (French), 밟아 라! (balba ra!) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-floor_it-en-verb-fszu4l3O Disambiguation of Automotive: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Korean translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'to depress the accelerator the maximum extent': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'To depress accelerator fully': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic) To move (run, ride etc.) at full speed. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-floor_it-en-verb-e5gGFiL2

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic, automobiles) To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent."
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          "sense": "to depress the accelerator the maximum extent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fang it"
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          "word": "mettre le pied au plancher"
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          "word": "mettre les gaz"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balba ra!",
          "sense": "To depress accelerator fully",
          "word": "밟아 라!"
        }
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        "(idiomatic) To move (run, ride etc.) at full speed."
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      "sense": "to depress the accelerator the maximum extent",
      "word": "put pedal to the metal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to depress the accelerator the maximum extent",
      "tags": [
        "Australian"
      ],
      "word": "fang it"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to depress the accelerator the maximum extent",
      "word": "redline"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to depress the accelerator the maximum extent",
      "word": "step on it"
    }
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To depress accelerator fully",
      "word": "mettre le pied au plancher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To depress accelerator fully",
      "word": "mettre les gaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balba ra!",
      "sense": "To depress accelerator fully",
      "word": "밟아 라!"
    }
  ],
  "word": "floor it"
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