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单词 to floorboard it
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to floorboard it
transitive. To fully depress (the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle) in order to accelerate rapidly or aggressively. Also: to drive (a car) very fast, to put one's foot down. Frequently in to floorboard it.Quot. 1942 may alternatively show an intransitive use.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > accelerate
to open out1906
gun1930
floorboard1942
to open up1970
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §728/4 Drive fast..floorboard, give 'er the gas.
1955 Taylor (Texas) Daily Press 18 Sept. 10/8 I..followed a creeping car for several blocks, before floorboarding it to get around, perhaps a little too much in a hurry.
1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 59/2 (advt.) You slice her into second gear—all clear ahead—and floorboard the pedal.
1987 C. G. Hart Death on Demand (1993) xviii. 186 He braked hard.., then floorboarded it, and the sports car burst forward like a two-year-old headed for the winner's circle.
1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 2 May 1 b She floorboarded the car, jerked it into gear and sped off.
2014 J. E. Smith Granfather's Gift 132 I slowed the truck to about fifteen or so miles per hour in the curve, clutched it, dropped a gear, then floorboarded the accelerator.
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