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单词 step on it
释义

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

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1926, in the meaning defined above

step on it

phrase

as in speed
to proceed or move quickly They were going to have to step on it if they wanted to make it before the bank closed.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • speed
  • race
  • hurry
  • rush
  • scurry
  • travel
  • trot
  • fly
  • drive
  • zip
  • chase
  • jump
  • beat it
  • buzz
  • run
  • scoot
  • step
  • blow
  • dart
  • bowl
  • blast
  • scuttle
  • tear
  • dash
  • course
  • rip
  • bolt
  • zoom
  • barrel
  • ram
  • jog
  • motor
  • crack (on)
  • shoot
  • shake a leg
  • breeze
  • blaze
  • rocket
  • career
  • bundle
  • whirl
  • hump
  • rustle
  • hie
  • jet
  • hare
  • hustle
  • belt
  • cannonball
  • hotfoot (it)
  • hurl
  • hasten
  • make tracks
  • whisk
  • pelt
  • highball
  • bustle
  • nip
  • bomb
  • gallop
  • hurtle
  • get a move on
  • step out
  • careen
  • flit
  • beetle
  • sprint
  • scamper
  • scuffle
  • scud
  • accelerate
  • streak
  • whiz
  • catch up
  • stampede
  • arrow
  • outrun
  • overtake
  • quicken
  • whizz
  • outpace
  • outstrip
  • beeline
  • fast-forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • creep
  • hang (around or out)
  • crawl
  • drag
  • lag
  • slow (down or up)
  • linger
  • poke
  • stroll
  • dawdle
  • poke
  • tarry
  • shuffle
  • lumber
  • saunter
  • amble
  • dally
  • loiter
  • decelerate
  • plod
  • dillydally
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