hit the gas
idiom
US
: to push down on the accelerator in a vehicle in a sudden and forceful way
She suddenly hit the gas and sped away.
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Keflezighi hit the gas, the riskiest of risky moves among elite long-distance runners.
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
In the video, the dad of three asked the little guy what his favorite smell is, as the 10-year-old hopped on a blue bike and hit the gas pedal.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
Miller, who finished with 21 points, grabbed the rebound and hit the gas pedal to push up the court seemingly after every Westminster missed out.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
When police tried pulling the van over, the driver hit the gas, leading them on a chase with speeds reaching 100 mph.
—Kat Teurfs, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
Still, last year’s 1.2 million international visitors represent a dramatic increase from 2021’s mere 270,000, and officials hope to hit the gas on that momentum heading into 2024.
—Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
An officer got out of one of the undercover vehicles, and the driver of the Honda hit the gas and pinned him between the two vehicles.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2023
When the green flag eventually flies, drivers will hit the gas for 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway ― though last year's race, which went to multiple overtimes, took 619 miles to complete.
—Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
But that was the first good chunk of physics data, and an army of data-hungry students, postdocs, lab scientists and professors analyzed it frantically over the winter, publishing a huge torrent of papers in the spring as the LHC really started to hit the gas.
—John Conway, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2011
Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
In the video, the dad of three asked the little guy what his favorite smell is, as the 10-year-old hopped on a blue bike and hit the gas pedal.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
Miller, who finished with 21 points, grabbed the rebound and hit the gas pedal to push up the court seemingly after every Westminster missed out.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
When police tried pulling the van over, the driver hit the gas, leading them on a chase with speeds reaching 100 mph.
—Kat Teurfs, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
Still, last year’s 1.2 million international visitors represent a dramatic increase from 2021’s mere 270,000, and officials hope to hit the gas on that momentum heading into 2024.
—Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
An officer got out of one of the undercover vehicles, and the driver of the Honda hit the gas and pinned him between the two vehicles.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2023
When the green flag eventually flies, drivers will hit the gas for 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway ― though last year's race, which went to multiple overtimes, took 619 miles to complete.
—Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
But that was the first good chunk of physics data, and an army of data-hungry students, postdocs, lab scientists and professors analyzed it frantically over the winter, publishing a huge torrent of papers in the spring as the LHC really started to hit the gas.
—John Conway, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2011
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