appuyer sur le champignon

== French == === Etymology === Literally, “to press on the mushroom”. The word champignon (“mushroom”) is slang for the accelerator pedal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.pɥi.je syʁ lə ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃/ === Verb === appuyer sur le champignon (informal) to step on it, to floor it, to put the pedal to the metal, to put one's foot down, to step on the gas Synonyms: mettre les gaz, mettre le pied au plancher === Further reading === “champignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “champignon”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse