pedal
noun
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Without trusting my new best friends, I would have been pedaling for dear life in the darkness, alone.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2022