step on it
idiomatic 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
Marvin Barrett Examples of step on it in a Sentence
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To avoid stepping on it, consider the following six tips.
—Ginny Hogan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Typically breakage is the result of the rod falling over at home or on a boat and someone steps on it.
—Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
She’d get stuck, find a small opening, go right up next to the freeway wall and step on it.
—Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
Will Burrard-Lucas throws his camera robot into the path of elephants, which manage not to step on it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
If there’s a flower, don’t step on it; stay on the trails.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
The tearful singer then picks the bloodied organ off the ground and attempts to protect it from people who knock it out of her hands and step on it.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2022
Contestants, don’t step on it.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 1 Oct. 2022
But an important step on it was the first eukaryotic cell.
—The Economist, 17 Mar. 2021
Ginny Hogan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Typically breakage is the result of the rod falling over at home or on a boat and someone steps on it.
—Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
She’d get stuck, find a small opening, go right up next to the freeway wall and step on it.
—Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
Will Burrard-Lucas throws his camera robot into the path of elephants, which manage not to step on it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
If there’s a flower, don’t step on it; stay on the trails.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
The tearful singer then picks the bloodied organ off the ground and attempts to protect it from people who knock it out of her hands and step on it.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2022
Contestants, don’t step on it.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 1 Oct. 2022
But an important step on it was the first eukaryotic cell.
—The Economist, 17 Mar. 2021
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“Step on it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/step%20on%20it. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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