step on it

phrase

: to increase one's speed : hurry up

You'd better step on it or we'll be late.

especially : to accelerate an automobile

The one in the back seat asked me what made me so sure I was having a heart attack. Very polite, I said I had had one before and knew what it was like. My wife, less polite, told them to step on it.

—Marvin Barrett

Examples of step on it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jackson broke his foot last training camp when a teammate stepped on it during practice, and that injury plagued him all of 2025, and required an offseason procedure that kept him sidelined all OTAs and minicamp. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

Tillman, whose right foot was bloodied before the kick because a Bosnian player stepped on it, still arced a shot over five standing Bosnians, into an unsaveable spot that keeper Nikola Vasilj almost dared Tillman to target. — Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026

The 2026 Toyota Crown is a tame but stylish family car, neither begging you to go off-road or to step on it around country mountains, but instead being an all-around great hauler with the quality Toyota’s known for. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Allow the grout to dry completely before stepping on it or determining whether additional rounds are necessary. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 28 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for step on it

• candlelit
• counterfeit
• hypocrite
• resubmit
• retrofit
• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit