POUR IT ON


Meaning of POUR IT ON in English

phrasal

1. : to exert maximum force or energy : move or cause to move at top speed or intensity

didn't run at top speed for much more than a furlong, but when he did he must have poured it on — G.F.T.Ryall

allied bombers … began really to pour it on — Alfred Friendly

companies … taking it relatively easy on production may now be tempted to pour it on — J.D.Williams

2. : to give unstinted expression to an idea or attitude

gave them a ten-minute talk in which he “really poured it on ” — New York Herald Tribune

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.