Meanings
plural heavy foots
- idiomaticA 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 2392 more examples
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, →ISBNI 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
Origin
A gas pedal needs to be pushed down using one's foot to go faster.
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