put pedal to metal

But one night at 4:00 a.m. – as that one-year benchmark approached – Lovejoy attached one end of a chain to the tower and the other end to his truck, loosened a few fasteners and turnbuckles, and put pedal to metal.

Rather than face the law, they decide to put pedal to metal and drive the car over the canyon's edge.

It means that if I'm a bank, and I want to expand, I'm going to favor the activity where I can put pedal to metal fastest.

Days later, I had the chance to put pedal to metal on a closed-track Mojave Desert airport runway.