step on the gas
Example Sentences
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But paddle-shift down to 3rd gear and step on the gas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
I’m trying to step on the gas, not on someone’s dog.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
Still, it wasn’t until the second half of the season Ohtani truly started to step on the gas.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
In this case, there is a neutral and important reason to step on the gas.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2023
You might be driving along at 30 miles an hour, but when you step on the gas, all of a sudden you would instantly—pop!—be driving 40 miles an hour.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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