Pedal(s)
Consider the following sentence:
"The suspect's vehicle started to pick up speed, but Correa PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL and went after the car."
Does 'put the pedal to the metal' mean that he 'speed up as much as he could'?
And is this the standar way to express that idea?
By the way, what do you call the 'part' of the car which makes a car speed up? Is it PEDAL? (In other words, while the brakes slows down the car or stops it completely; what do you call the other two 'parts' in the car, which are handled with the feet, to regulate its running?)
Just one last questionn, can the term 'pedal' be used when speaking of bicyles?
Top answer
'Put the pedal to the metal' is a slang expression meaning 'to accelerator hard'. Another slang term is 'Hit the gas'. In an automatic car, the pedals are the brake and the accelerator.
- 'Put the pedal to the metal' is a slang expression meaning 'to accelerator hard'.
- Another slang term is 'Hit the gas'.
- In an automatic car, the pedals are the brake and the accelerator.
- In a manual transmission car with a gear lever (AE stick ), the three pedals are the clutch.
- brake and accelerator.
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'Put the pedal to the metal' is a slang expression meaning 'to accelerator hard'. Another slang term is 'Hit the gas'.
In an automatic car, the pedals are the brake and the accelerator.
In a manual transmission car with a gear lever (AE stick), the three pedals are the clutch. brake and accelerator.
Yes—a bicycle has two pedals.
0American answer:
Christine ChristieDoes 'put the pedal to the metal' mean that he 'speed up as much as he could'?
Yes. The pedal in that expression is the gas pedal, also called the accelerator. The metal is the chassis of the car. The idea is that you depress the pedal uhtil it is stopped by the metal of the car itself.
Christine
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