How to Use hit the gas in a Sentence

hit the gas

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• The driver then hit the gas and sped away.
  — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
• Prep hit the gas after that and is on a five-game winning streak.
  — Ned Griffen, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
• As the chaplain got in his car his cane hit the gas pedal and the car took off.
  — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
• The drivers of both jeeps shift into reverse and hit the gas.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
• Steve Neis, driving behind, could not stop in time and hit the gas truck.
  — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• Then the course changed directions, the wind was no longer in her face and Weaver hit the gas.
  — Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
• Instead, Ahmad hit the gas in an attempt to drive off and was shot.
  — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Keflezighi hit the gas, the riskiest of risky moves among elite long-distance runners.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
• Outraged, one of the attackers ran over to her white Kia idling nearby and hit the gas.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2024
• Instead, Harris ducked his head and hit the gas, running Caprio over.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2022
• Now, the Rams need to find their ceiling again, ideally with a running back who can hit the gas in the open field.
  — Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
• Most of the winners get relatively close to the front early, hang out, then hit the gas pedal at the right time.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 7 May 2022
• After giving the phone back to Wright, the friend jumped in the vehicle and Lowe hit the gas.
  — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
• After a slow start in the first, Colleyville Heritage hit the gas, and never looked back.
  — Chris Winters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
• Carrying enough momentum, the wheel hit the rear of Suárez's car, bounced, and hit the gas man lightly.
  — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
• The police determined the elderly male driver hit the gas instead of the break.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Instead of a methodical approach to their third drive of the game, though, the Broncos hit the gas.
  — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• Winbush's foot then slipped off the brake and hit the gas pedal, sending the vehicle across the highway and into the pond.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 Aug. 2024
• Police are taught never to reach into an open car door because a driver might hit the gas, dragging the officer.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2023
• So there will be blood, er, an Oscar at least given to Anderson, who hit the gas and kept on going.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Rather than going full promo-mode in the lead-up to the release, BTS are waiting to hit the gas.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
• The driver of the car instead hit the gas, taking off just as the school bus had dropped the children off, plowing into the family.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2022
• Firefighters discovered a rock slide behind one of the shopping center’s buildings, which had hit the gas line.
  — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• Peach said the driver may have accidentally hit the gas pedal in the parking lot, causing the car to drive through the front of the restaurant.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• For example, one race stretched from icy glaciers to overflowing rivers to a bustling town as racers frantically hit the gas, grabbed items and duked it out to the end.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
• Chastain hit the gas on the final lap and deliberately smashed his car into the wall, using the energy to speed past his rivals.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
• That's when the Knights hit the gas for 21 unanswered points culminating in the Hunt pick-six to reach 70.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2020
• After volunteers put food in their car, the man accidentally hit the gas pedal, Bowman said.
  — Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025