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Mario Andretti
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English
Etymology
en eponyms en Mario+en Andretti. en Mario Andretti Mario Andretti American racing driver. From en it Mario+Andretti
Noun
en figuratively Someone who drives fast or recklessly, as if driving a race car.
en figuratively A reckless or daring speed maneuver in a vehicle.
Quotations
2000, Raud A Kennedy, Top of the World
Nobody knows the twists and turns of the West Hills better than Biff, in fact, he fancies himself the Mario Andretti of all neighborhoods where water is wasted on green lawns and the cute chicks don’t fool around unless they’ve been slipped a mickey.
2003, Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers
he drove everywhere, even when going for a loaf of bread, as though he were chasing or being chased, a Mario Andretti of the freeways, trying to breake the sound barrier in his beige unmarked Plymouth or, off-duty, in his baby-blue Coupe de Ville.
2003, Bernadette Bernon, “Midterm Reflections from a Semester at Sea,” in Steady As She Goes, Barbara Sjoholm ed.
“It’s hard to believe you ever took ballet,” Mister Tactful declared one day last fall, after pulling a Mario Andretti off an Intracoastal Waterway gas dock.
2004, Yvonne Navarro, The Darkening
But Buffy had already done a Mario Andretti around the corner with the wheelchair, and Xander was right on her heels.
2004, Miriam Erick, Managing Morning Sickness
Rick, thinking himself the Mario Andretti of Route 128 in Boston, hated driving his Corvette as slowly as Greta drove their station wagon.
Descendants
fr Mario Andretti 1
fr Andretti