Meanings
verbfloor it (third-person singular simple present floors it, present participle flooring it, simple past and past participle floored it)
present singular third person floors it · participle present flooring it · participle past floored it · past floored it
- idiomaticinformalautomotiveTo depress the accelerator to the maximum extent.
Synonyms: put the pedal to the metal, fang it, redline, step on it
- idiomaticinformalTo move (run, ride etc.) at full speed.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo depress the accelerator to the maximum extent.
Translations
French mettre le pied au plancher, mettre les gaz
- mettre le pied au plancherto depress the accelerator fully
- mettre les gazto depress the accelerator fully
Italian mettere il gas
- mettere il gasto depress the accelerator fully
Korean 밟아 라!
- 밟아 라! (balba ra!)to depress the accelerator fully
Polish wciskać gaz do dechy, wcisnąć gaz do dechy
- wciskać gaz do dechyto depress the accelerator fully
- wcisnąć gaz do dechyto depress the accelerator fully
Portuguese pisar fundo, pé na tábua
- pisar fundoto depress the accelerator fully
- pé na tábuato depress the accelerator fully
Cite this entry
APA
floor it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floor%20it
MLA
“floor it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floor%20it. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floor it,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floor%20it.
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