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heavy foot en · NOUN

Etymology

A gas pedal needs to be pushed down using one's foot to go faster.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A habit of driving fast.
   • Slow down. Jesus, you got a heavy foot! 1999, Janet Capone, Giovanna Capone, Denise Leto, Hey Paesan!: Writing by Lesbians and Gay Men of Italian Descent, Three Guineas Press, →ISBN, page 239:
   • On the winding, two-lane blacktop, Laura Templeton handled the Mustang with an expertise that Chyna admired, but she drove too fast. 'You've got a heavy foot,' Chyna said. 1995, Dean Koontz, Intensity, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
   • I had a heavy foot. I never drove under 80 miles an hour. 2001, The American Enterprise, volume 12, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research:

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Relateds

heavy-foot · lead foot