lead foot
Weighted gas appendage
A lead foot is a driver who habitually speeds, pressing the accelerator as if their foot were made of heavy metal.
The term is mildly disapproving: My brother is such a lead foot—he's gotten three speeding tickets this year.
Someone can also *have* a lead foot: She has a lead foot on the highway.
- speedingExceeding posted velocity limits
- speed demonRecklessly swift driver
- pedal to the metalMaximum automotive acceleration
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- gas pedalVehicle acceleration control
pedal · gas · heavy · fast · reckless · reckless driving · driver · highway · traffic ticket · ticket · zoom · throttle · flooring · floor it · racing · velocity · brake · heavy metal
- driving slangfloor it, gun it, pedal to the metal, pedal to metal, peel out
- body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
- racing termsbackstretch, checkered flag, daily double, dead heat, exacta
- speed termsacceleration, speedometer, momentum, terminal velocity, average speed
lead footSunday driver
Unhurried, oblivious motorist
slow driver · slow poke · slowpoke · tortoise · snail
lead footfleet-footed
Moving with quick lightness
quick feet · light on one's feet · twinkle toes · agile · graceful
lead, foot, leads, led, leading, leader, leaders, leadership, leaden