"step on it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-step on it.ogg Forms: steps on it [present, singular, third-person], stepping on it [participle, present], stepped on it [participle, past], stepped on it [past]
Etymology: An automobile accelerator is usually a foot pedal, so stepping down harder increases the acceleration. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} step on it (third-person singular simple present steps on it, present participle stepping on it, simple past and past participle stepped on it)
  1. (automotive) To drive fast; to step on the accelerator. Categories (topical): Automotive, Automotive Related terms: bug out, burn rubber, floor it, haul ass, make like a tree, make tracks, pedal to the metal, take off Translations (to drive fast): painaa kaasua (Finnish), mettre les gaz (French), appuyer sur le champignon (French), πατάω γκάζι (patáo gkázi) (Greek), 밟아 라 (balba ra) (Korean), нагазува (nagazuva) (Macedonian), dawać gazu [imperfective] (Polish), dać gazu [perfective] (Polish), pisar fundo (Portuguese), жать на газ (žatʹ na gaz) [imperfective] (Russian), поднажа́ть (podnažátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), gasen i botten (Swedish), plattan i mattan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-step_on_it-en-verb-WbdRemne Disambiguation of Automotive: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", English terms with placeholder "it", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'to drive fast': 95 5
  2. (idiomatic) To act quickly. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to act quickly): panna töpinäksi (Finnish), поднажа́ть (podnažátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-step_on_it-en-verb-Ej3Zn0Sc Disambiguation of 'to act quickly': 2 98

Inflected forms

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          "step",
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        "(automotive) To drive fast; to step on the accelerator."
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          "word": "bug out"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "burn rubber"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "floor it"
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          "word": "pedal to the metal"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to drive fast",
          "word": "painaa kaasua"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to drive fast",
          "word": "mettre les gaz"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to drive fast",
          "word": "appuyer sur le champignon"
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          "roman": "patáo gkázi",
          "sense": "to drive fast",
          "word": "πατάω γκάζι"
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          "roman": "balba ra",
          "sense": "to drive fast",
          "word": "밟아 라"
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          "sense": "to drive fast",
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          "sense": "to drive fast",
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          "roman": "žatʹ na gaz",
          "sense": "to drive fast",
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          "word": "жать на газ"
        },
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          "roman": "podnažátʹ",
          "sense": "to drive fast",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "поднажа́ть"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "to drive fast",
          "word": "gasen i botten"
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          "sense": "to drive fast",
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        "(idiomatic) To act quickly."
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          "sense": "to act quickly",
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        "(automotive) To drive fast; to step on the accelerator."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "painaa kaasua"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "mettre les gaz"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "appuyer sur le champignon"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "patáo gkázi",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "πατάω γκάζι"
    },
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balba ra",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "밟아 라"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nagazuva",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "нагазува"
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      "sense": "to drive fast",
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      "word": "dawać gazu"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to drive fast",
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      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "pisar fundo"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žatʹ na gaz",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
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      "word": "жать на газ"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podnažátʹ",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
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      "word": "поднажа́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "gasen i botten"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to drive fast",
      "word": "plattan i mattan"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to act quickly",
      "word": "panna töpinäksi"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podnažátʹ",
      "sense": "to act quickly",
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      ],
      "word": "поднажа́ть"
    }
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  "word": "step on it"
}

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