Driving · Getting around
put your foot down
drive faster
If you put your foot down, you make the vehicle go faster.
This vs that
He put his foot down.
He sped up.
Hear it in real life
Can we get there before the shops close?
Probably, if I put my foot down a bit.
We were late for the ferry, so Dad put his foot down on the last stretch of road.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Put your foot down is the natural informal phrase for accelerating strongly.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The taxi ‸ put his foot down to go faster.
Say: The taxi driver put his foot down to go faster.
A person puts their foot down, not the vehicle.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
put your foot down; put your foot down andverb
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about driving.
keep an eye on the road
Keep an eye on the road while I check the map.
get stuck behind ___
We got stuck behind a slow lorry.
Driving words
Getting around · Driving: the words around “put your foot down”.
Your turn: say it out loud
He put his foot down and we made it just in time.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
put your foot down
drive faster
“We were late for the ferry, so Dad put his foot down on the last stretch of road.”
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