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phraseIf you tell someone to step on it, you are telling them to go faster or hurry up. [informal] We've only got thirty-five minutes so step on it. Synonyms: go faster, speed up, hurry up [informal], get moving More Synonyms of step on it See full dictionary entry for stepstep on it in British English informal to go more quickly, hurry up See full dictionary entry for step onstep on it in American English Informal to go faster; hurry; hasten See full dictionary entry for step Examples of 'step on it' in a sentencestep on it Look, I'm going to have to step on it: I don't want to leave the guys hanging around on the street.Why, Matt, the minute a man supposedly flatters a woman, is she supposed to let her brain slip to her toes and then step on it ?Either way we're in dead trouble... step on it, Dave, willya? Definition to go more quickly We've only got thirty-five minutes, so step on it. Synonyms go faster hurry up (informal) get moving get cracking get your skates on rattle your dags (New Zealand, informal) See stepAdditional synonymsDefinition to move or cause to move more quickly Suddenly the car accelerated. Synonyms speed up, speed, advance, quicken, get under way, gather momentum, get moving, pick up speed, put your foot down (informal), open up the throttle, put on speed Definition to hurry up I'd better get a move on if I want to finish on time. Synonyms speed up, hurry (up), get going, get moving, get cracking (informal), step on it (informal), make haste, shake a leg (informal), get your skates on (informal), stir yourself Definition to accelerate or cause to accelerate I woke when we started to speed up. Synonyms accelerate, increase, speed, gather momentum, get moving, put your foot down (informal), increase the tempo, open up the throttle, put on speed Nearby words ofstep on it - step by step
- step down or aside
- step in
- step on it
- step something up
- stereotype
- stereotyped
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