lead foot
nounEtymology A gas pedal needs to be pushed down using one's foot to go faster. If a foot was made of lead it would be very heavy, making it easier to depress the pedal.
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Idiomatic A habit of driving fast.
- Sweetie, I think you've got a lead foot today. We're gonnnnnaaa - get a ticket.1977, Neil Gallagher, How to Stop the Porno Plague, Bethany Fellowship, →ISBN, page 55:
- Damn, but Kate's got a lead foot. Does she want us all to get speeding tickets?2010, Claudia Gray, Hourglass, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 27:
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- But here I am, sitting in the passenger seat of a Maserati GranTurismo, gathering information about the man at the wheel. He has a lead foot and very little respect for the city's traffic laws.2013, Kirsten Miller, How to Lead a Life of Crime, Penguin, →ISBN:
- Related terms
- heavy foot, leadfoot