make tracks

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

make tracks (third-person singular simple present makes tracks, present participle making tracks, simple past and past participle made tracks)

1. (idiomatic) To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.

   Synonym: lay tracks

   I had better make tracks now, since my plane leaves soon.

Derived terms

• make tracks for

See also

• pound sand