hit the accelerator

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hit the accelerator

verb hits the accelerator · hitting the accelerator · hit the accelerator

idiomatic Synonym of hit the gas. If Frey is right about the technology trap then this may also imply that China could leap ahead in the AI arms race. Sensitive to voter interests, western democracies may yet touch the brakes when it comes to mass deployment of AI technology, while authoritarian regimes hit the accelerator hard.
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@misc{hit_the_accelerator_2026,
  title = {hit the accelerator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hit%20the%20accelerator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}