Home / Thesaurus / give it some welly
Thesaurus: give it some welly
give it some welly (third-person singular simple present gives it some welly, present participle giving it some welly, simple past gave it some welly, past participle given it some welly) (Britain) To increase fuel or po…
Related headwords
Britaindefinitionparticipledefinitionpastdefinitionpresentdefinitionsimpledefinitionapplydefinitioncardefinitiondepressingdefinitioneffortdefinitionenginedefinitionfueldefinitiongasdefinitiongavedefinitiongivedefinitiongivendefinitiongivesdefinitiongivingdefinitiongreatdefinitionincreasedefinitionpedaldefinitionphysicaldefinitionpowerdefinitionsingulardefinitionsomethingdefinitiongive carefamilygive chasefamilygive domefamilygive earfamily
Definitions
- give it some welly (third-person singular simple present gives it some welly, present participle giving it some welly, simple past gave it some welly, past participle given it some welly) (Britain) To increase fuel or power to an engine, as to a car by depressing the gas pedal. (Britain) To apply great physical effort to (something).