The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPEEDS , but the solution may also be STEPS ON IT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Puts the pedal to the metal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPEEDS | 25 % | 6 |
| STEPSONIT | 25 % | 9 |
| GUNSIT | 13 % | 6 |
| REVS | 6 % | 4 |
| SPEEDSUP | 6 % | 8 |
| RACES | 6 % | 5 |
| STEPS ON IT | 6 % | 11 |
| FLOORSIT | 6 % | 8 |
| BURNSRUBBER | 6 % | 11 |
Why may STEPS-ON-IT be the right solution?
The phrase "steps on it" is a common idiom meaning to accelerate quickly, which is the same as putting the pedal to the metal in a car.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puts the pedal to the metal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- speeds
- speeder
- radar
- shutter
- tread
- treading
- harmonium
- mute
- stirrup
- gudgeon
- collar
- founder
Crossword Answer definitions
SPEEDS noun- The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
- The rate of motion or action, specifically / the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
- The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
- The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
- The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
- The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
- Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
- Luck, success, prosperity.
- Personal preference.
- A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
- To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
- To go fast.
- To exceed the speed limit.
- To increase the rate at which something occurs.
- To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
- To be expedient.
- To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
- To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
- To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
- To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SPEEDS
- Makes tracks
- Exceeds the limit
- Risks a summons
- Shaver settings
- Passes a limit
- Risks a ticket
- Drives too fast
- Puts the pedal to the metal
- Breaks a certain limit
- Risks getting a ticket
More clues leading to the result STEPSONIT
- Puts the pedal to the metal
- Really gets moving
- *Hits the gas
- Burns rubber
- Peels out
- Gets the lead out
- Accelerates
- Gets moving
- Wastes no time
- Picks up the pace
More clues leading to the result GUNSIT
More clues leading to the result REVS
- Guns the engine
- Men of the cloth, slangily
- Pt. of RPM
- Fathers, for short
- Rpms
- Guns
- Guns in the Brickyard
- Runs staying still
- New England MLS team, briefly
- Races the engine
More clues leading to the result SPEEDSUP
- Accelerates
- Shortens the duration of
- Gets the lead out
- Hits the gas
- Accelerates.
- Hurries.
- Puts the pedal to the metal
- Hastens
More clues leading to the result RACES
- Preakness et al.
- Regattas
- Goes quickly
- Big ones have many stages
- They're on track
- Derbies
- Sprints or slaloms
- Derbies et al.
- Campaigns
- Gets revved up