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"etymology_text": "Automobile accelerators are usually foot pedals, so stepping down harder increases the acceleration.",
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"To drive fast; to step on the accelerator."
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"word": "bug out"
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"word": "burn rubber"
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"word": "floor it"
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"word": "make like a tree"
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"word": "make tracks"
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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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"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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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "patáo gkázi",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "πατάω γκάζι"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "balba ra",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "밟아 라"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nagazuva",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "нагазува"
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"sense": "to drive fast",
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"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "pisar fundo"
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"roman": "žatʹ na gaz",
"sense": "to drive fast",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "жать на газ"
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"roman": "podnažátʹ",
"sense": "to drive fast",
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"word": "поднажа́ть"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"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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"word": "burn rubber"
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"word": "floor it"
},
{
"word": "haul ass"
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"word": "make like a tree"
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"word": "pedal to the metal"
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"To drive fast; to step on the accelerator."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "painaa kaasua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "mettre les gaz"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "appuyer sur le champignon"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "patáo gkázi",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "πατάω γκάζι"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "balba ra",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "밟아 라"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nagazuva",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "нагазува"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dawać gazu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dać gazu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "pisar fundo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žatʹ na gaz",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жать на газ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podnažátʹ",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поднажа́ть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "gasen i botten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drive fast",
"word": "plattan i mattan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act quickly",
"word": "panna töpinäksi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podnažátʹ",
"sense": "to act quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поднажа́ть"
}
],
"word": "step on it"
}
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