Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take your foot off the gas” and its meaning is “to do something with less effort, will power, dedication and resoluteness”.
Example Sentence: Looking ahead to 2023, if Australia is going to be successful in getting its economy established on a 1.5C aligned pathway, it will need to focus on policy that ensures real emission reduction. And that means really taking its foot off the gas. Reductions in the industry, mining and mineral process are urgently needed, together with a national plan to replace fossil gas in these sectors with electrification, efficiency and green hydrogen.
This phrase is present in Australians are feeling the heat of climate change. For the fossil fuel industry it’s still business as usual and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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