tv. 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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Put the pedal to the metalis always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.