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“step on it”
step on it, step on it
step on it (STEP awn it) (verb)
To hurry up, or to go faster, in order to get something done quickly: "Come on, step on it so we can get this project finished tonight."
"Step on it or we are going to be late."
step on it (STEP awn it) (verb)
To put or to set the foot down on something: "A mother saw a big bug crawling on the floor and she told her son to step on it before it went under the sofa."
A man ordered a hamburger in the fast-food restaurant and told the waiter to please step on it!
A foreigner over hearing this wondered why the man would want to buy something to eat and tell someone to step on it.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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