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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "put the brakes on"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Suggesting the use of a gas pedal, or accelerator.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hits the gas",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hitting the gas",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hit the gas",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "hit the gas",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "hit<,,hit> the gas"
},
"expansion": "hit the gas (third-person singular simple present hits the gas, present participle hitting the gas, simple past and past participle hit the gas)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "66 34",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They're gaining on you; you'd better hit the gas, now!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To go; go faster."
],
"id": "en-hit_the_gas-en-verb-BQSpM7T9",
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"faster",
"faster"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, idiomatic) To go; go faster."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gas"
},
{
"word": "hit the accelerator"
},
{
"word": "lay tracks"
},
{
"word": "put the pedal to the metal"
},
{
"word": "step on the gas"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "Gas geben"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žatʹ na gaz",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "жать на газ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "acelerar a fondo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "acelerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "trampa på gasen"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To advance or do something more quickly or with more energy."
],
"id": "en-hit_the_gas-en-verb-21k9J2tl",
"links": [
[
"advance",
"advance"
],
[
"do",
"do"
],
[
"quickly",
"quickly"
],
[
"energy",
"energy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, informal) To advance or do something more quickly or with more energy."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hit the accelerator"
},
{
"word": "step on the gas"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"audio": "en-au-hit the gas.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/En-au-hit_the_gas.ogg/En-au-hit_the_gas.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/En-au-hit_the_gas.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "hit the gas"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "put the brakes on"
}
],
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_text": "Suggesting the use of a gas pedal, or accelerator.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hits the gas",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hitting the gas",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hit the gas",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "hit the gas",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "hit<,,hit> the gas"
},
"expansion": "hit the gas (third-person singular simple present hits the gas, present participle hitting the gas, simple past and past participle hit the gas)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English idioms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They're gaining on you; you'd better hit the gas, now!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To go; go faster."
],
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"faster",
"faster"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, idiomatic) To go; go faster."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gas"
},
{
"word": "hit the accelerator"
},
{
"word": "lay tracks"
},
{
"word": "put the pedal to the metal"
},
{
"word": "step on the gas"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"To advance or do something more quickly or with more energy."
],
"links": [
[
"advance",
"advance"
],
[
"do",
"do"
],
[
"quickly",
"quickly"
],
[
"energy",
"energy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, informal) To advance or do something more quickly or with more energy."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hit the accelerator"
},
{
"word": "step on the gas"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-hit the gas.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/En-au-hit_the_gas.ogg/En-au-hit_the_gas.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/En-au-hit_the_gas.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "Gas geben"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žatʹ na gaz",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "жать на газ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "acelerar a fondo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "acelerar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to go faster",
"word": "trampa på gasen"
}
],
"word": "hit the gas"
}
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