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What did it mean to “agitate the gravel”?

Retry Correct Incorrect When it was time to leave, sometimes people said, “let’s agitate the gravel” before they drove off in their hot rods.

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What did it mean to “agitate the gravel”?

• fall flat on your face
• hit the ground running
• start a fight
• to leave the scene