English · Idiom Candidate

step on it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

to hurry up or accelerate

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Nhanh lên hoặc tăng tốc

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: press on the accelerator

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Now with Sun Microsystems Inc doing Tsunami at $3,995 there's more reason than ever to step on it.

‘ If we don't step on it the inn will have closed for the afternoon, and we won't get a glass of the urine of Culex pipiens.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “step on it” mean?

to hurry up or accelerate Literally: press on the accelerator

Is “step on it” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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