"floor it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-floor it.ogg [Australia] 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): 밟아 라! (balba ra!) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-floor_it-en-verb-fszu4l3O Disambiguation of Automotive: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 81 19 Disambiguation of 'to depress the accelerator the maximum extent': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'To depress accelerator fully': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) To move (run, ride etc.) at full speed. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-floor_it-en-verb-e5gGFiL2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for floor it meaning in English (2.8kB)

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