lay (some) rubber Idiom, Proverb
lay rubber
spin a car's wheels, drag race He likes to drive fast. He lays rubber at every intersection.
rubber match
final game, showdown Each team has won a game. They play the rubber match today.
rubberneck
listen to a conversation on a party (co-op) phone line Grandma used to rubberneck so she could hear the local news.
where the rubber hits the road
"where the theory is tested, when the action begins; the nitty-gritty" In the workplace, you apply what you've learned - that's where the rubber hits the road.
burn rubber
to depart quickly; derived from burning tyre rubber from excessive acceleration with a motor vehicle
Where the rubber meets the road
(USA) Where the rubber meets the road is the most important point for something, the moment of truth. An athlete can train all day, but the race is where the rubber meets the road and they'll know how good they really are.
burn rubber|burn|rubber
v. phr.,
slang 1. To start up a car or a motorcycle from dead stop so fast that the tires leave a mark on the road.
The neighborhood drag racers burned a lot of rubber
look at the marks on the road! 2. To leave in a hurry.
I guess I am going to have to burn rubber.
lay rubber|lay|lay a patch|patch|rubber
v. phr.,
slang To take off in a car or a motorcycle so fast that the tires (made of rubber) leave a mark on the pavement.
Look at those crazy drag racers; they laid rubber in front of my house.
rubber check|check|rubber
n.,
informal A check written without enough money in the bank to make it good.
Bill got into trouble when he paid his bills with rubber checks. By the time we knew he had paid us with a rubber check, the man had left the state. The rubber check bounced.
rubber check
rubber check A check drawn on an account without the funds to pay it, as in
He's been handing out rubber checks right and left, but the police have caught up with him. The
rubber alludes to the fact that, like rubber, the check “bounces,” in this case back from the bank. [Slang; c. 1920]
lay (some) rubber
To drive acutely bound in a rubber-wheeled vehicle, abnormally a car. A advertence to car tires which, if accelerated too bound on pavement, can calefaction to the point of bearing smoke and annoy tracks. We're activity to be backward for the party—let's lay some rubber! I love watching drivers from all over the country lay elastic during the admirable prix.Learn more: lay, rubberlay (some) rubber
Sl. to circuit one's car tires back accelerating, abrogation atramentous marks on the street. At that age all they appetite to do is get in the car and lay some rubber. You wanna apperceive how able-bodied I can lay some elastic in this thing?Learn more: lay, rubberlay rubber
verbSee lay some rubberLearn more: lay, rubberlay (some) rubber
tv. to circuit one’s car tires back accelerating, abrogation atramentous marks on the street. (Learn added burn rubber.) At that age all they appetite to do is get in the car and lay some rubber. Learn more: lay, rubber lay rubber
Slang To advance a motor agent aback from a stop so that the auto circuit rapidly.Learn more: lay, rubber