lead foot

noun

A habit of driving fast.

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Meanings

nounlead foot (plural lead feet)

plural lead feet

  1. idiomaticA habit of driving fast.

    Sweetie, I think you've got a lead foot today. We're gonnnnnaaa - get a ticket.

    1977, Neil Gallagher, How to Stop the Porno Plague, Bethany Fellowship, →ISBN, page 55
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    Damn, but Kate's got a lead foot. Does she want us all to get speeding tickets?

    2010, Claudia Gray, Hourglass, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 27

    But here I am, sitting in the passenger seat of a Maserati GranTurismo, gathering information about the man at the wheel. He has a lead foot and very little respect for the city's traffic laws.

    2013, Kirsten Miller, How to Lead a Life of Crime, Penguin, →ISBN

Origin

A gas pedal needs to be pushed down using one's foot to go faster. If a foot was made of lead it would be very heavy, making it easier to depress the pedal.

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APA

lead foot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lead%20foot

MLA

“lead foot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lead%20foot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lead foot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lead%20foot.

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