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lead foot

lead foot noun: a habit of driving fast.

Noun

lead foot (plural lead feet)

  1. (idiomatic) A 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
    • 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

Forms of lead foot

plurallead feet

Origin of lead foot

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.

Questions about lead foot

What does lead foot mean?
Lead foot means a habit of driving fast.
What part of speech is lead foot?
Lead foot is a noun.
What is the plural of lead foot?
The plural of lead foot is lead feet.

Words near lead foot in the dictionary

  1. lead dioxide
  2. lead dog
  3. lead dogs
  4. lead fiddle
  5. lead fiddles
  6. lead foot
  7. lead from the front
  8. lead glance
  9. lead glances
  10. lead glass
  11. lead glasses

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