put the pedal to the metal

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put the pedal to the metal definition

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to press a car's accelerator to the floor; to floor it. : Put the pedal to the metal, and we're out of here.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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