heavy foot

English

Etymology

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

Noun

heavy foot (plural heavy foots)

  1. (idiomatic) A habit of driving fast.
    • 1995, Dean Koontz, Intensity‎[1], Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      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.
    • 1999, Janet Capone, Giovanna Capone, Denise Leto, Hey Paesan!: Writing by Lesbians and Gay Men of Italian Descent‎[2], Three Guineas Press, →ISBN, page 239:
      Slow down. Jesus, you got a heavy foot!
    • 2001, The American Enterprise‎[3], volume 12, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research:
      I had a heavy foot. I never drove under 80 miles an hour.

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