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hits the accelerator

hits the accelerator is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the accelerator.

Meaning of hit the accelerator

Verb

hit the accelerator (third-person singular simple present hits the accelerator, present participle hitting the accelerator, simple past and past participle hit the accelerator)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of hit the gas.
    • If Frey is right about the technology trap then this may also imply that China could leap ahead in the AI arms race. Sensitive to voter interests, western democracies may yet touch the brakes when it comes to mass deployment of AI technology, while authoritarian regimes hit the accelerator hard.2019 July 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, in Financial Times
    Synonyms:
    hit the gas

Questions about hits the accelerator

What is hits the accelerator the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hits the accelerator is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the accelerator.

Words near hits the accelerator in the dictionary

  1. hits paydirt
  2. hits rock bottom
  3. hits send
  4. hits someone for six
  5. hits someone when they are down
  6. hits the accelerator
  7. hits the big time
  8. hits the board
  9. hits the books
  10. hits the bottle
  11. hits the bricks

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