Topic: BICYCLES, CARTS, HORSES
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis 'of the foot' |
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ped‧al1
[countable]
[countable]1 also bicycle pedalTTB one of the two parts of a bicycle that you push round with your feet to make the bicycle go forward
2TTC a part in a car or on a machine that you press with your foot to control it : She put her foot down on the accelerator pedal.
She put her foot down on the accelerator pedal.3APM a part on a piano or organ that you press with your foot to change the quality of the sound
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put/press/push the pedal to the metal
American Englisha) to drive a car, truck etc very fast
b) to work harder or faster, especially so that you can win a game
