the rubber meets the road

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rubber, meet, road. / (idiomatic, with "where" etc.) A place or circumstance at which the implementation of a plan or intent is to be achieved.

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On the test track, the engineers watched closely as the rubber meets the road and the tire tread finally contacted the asphalt.

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rubber, meet, road.

Even 500 feet probably wouldn't allow you to brake to a stop, because it's where the rubber meets the road that counts.

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意味（2）

(idiomatic, with "where" etc.) A place or circumstance at which the implementation of a plan or intent is to be achieved.

Now we're getting down to where the rubber meets the road.

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