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give it the gun
Language:
Meanings:
1.
UK
Australia
New Zealand
informal
idiomatic
To open the throttle of a motor vehicle or engine and cause it to accelerate; to apply full power.
2.
UK
Australia
New Zealand
informal
figurative
To proceed with maximum speed, intensity, or force; to push something forward rapidly or energetically.
Examples:
EN:
Look at him give it the gun, riding that white line, holding them off.
ES:
Observen cómo se coloca en mitad de la pista para retenerlos.
EN:
He can give it the gun right from the start.
ES:
Va a poder apretar desde la salida.
EN:
- Like Tom at full forward? - We'll give it the gun!
ES:
¿Al igual que Tom jugando de delantero, iremos a toda máquina?
EN:
- We'll give it the gun!
ID:
~ Kami akan memberikan pistolnya!
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