put the pedal to the metal

Slang definitions & phrases for put the pedal to the metal

put the pedal to the metal

modifier

Regulating or deregulating highway speeds: President Clinton will sign what friends and foes alike call ''the pedal to the metal bill''

verb phrase

To accelerate; go fast; give it the gun: Bolan settled back on creaky springs, and put the pedal to the metal (1980s+)