PEDAL


Meaning of PEDAL in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ accelerator , brake , clutch , gas ( esp. AmE )

▪ foot

To stop the machine push the foot ~.

▪ bicycle , bike ( informal )

▪ organ , piano

▪ wah-wah

Some guitarists tend to overuse the wah-wah ~.

VERB + PEDAL

▪ depress , press , push , put your foot on , step on , use , work

Her foot was working the ~ of the sewing machine.

▪ floor ( AmE ), slam on , stamp on

He floored the ~ and drove off at high speed.

▪ release , take your foot off

PEDAL + VERB

▪ control sth , operate sth

PEDAL + NOUN

▪ boat , car , cycle ( BrE )

▪ bin ( BrE )

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

with one foot on the ~

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ fast , frantically , furiously , hard

You have to ~ hard to get anywhere.

▪ away

PREPOSITION

▪ along , down , up

He refused to ~ up the hill.

Pedal is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bicycle , ↑ bike

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .