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STEP ON IT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does step on it mean?
• STEP ON IT (verb)
The verb STEP ON IT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: STEP ON IT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move hurridly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it
Context example:
The cars raced down the street
Hypernyms (to "step on it" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "step on it"):
barge; push forward; thrust ahead (push one's way)
buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)
dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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