Car Vocabulary: All the English Phrases You Need to Know (phrasal verbs, idioms, and collocations)

Watch this lesson to learn 39 common phrases related to cars and driving. We'll discuss some differences in vocabulary between British and American English too. Turn on subtitles to help you understand.

** English Phrases from This Lesson **

- take your keys out of your pocket

- unlock the car

- open the door

- get into the car

- put on your seatbelt

- we're not going anywhere until you put your seatbelt on

- start the car

- my car wouldn't start (the past of be able to)

- take off the handbrake

- put it into 2nd

- put it into drive/reverse/park

- step on the brake

- step on the gas

- hit the brakes

- turn on the AC

- turn on the heating

- turn on the radio

- turn on the hazard lights

- turn up the radio

- turn up the AC

- turn down the heating

- put the window down/up

- people don't indicate in America

- indicators/turn signal

- we're doing/going about 70 mph

- mph = miles per hour

- speed up

- slow down

- turn left here

- go straight ahead at this roundabout

- rush hour traffic

- bumper to bumper

- has there been an accident?

- let's set off at 7 AM

- do you think we should set off early morning/before 7?

- it's a long drive - let's get a good night's sleep

- a backseat driver