Hi everyone! I want to ask the meaning of expression “four to the floor” (it’s a popular song actually). Tried to find something in the internet but just nonsense. Thank you!

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Four?  to the floor? You mean FALL to the floor, don't you? There's a song by that name.

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It's nonsensical.

"Four on the floor" can be used to describe either the bass beat heard in electronic music or the manual transmission in a car, and "petal to the metal" can describe aggressively pushing the accelerator of a car to drive fast.

After taking a brief look at the lyrics, I think it's supposed to mean something like "full speed ahead", but it's not an expression anyone uses in real life.

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