post-haste

post-haste
adverb
as fast as possible; with all possible haste
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send it to me post-haste


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • post|haste — «POHST HAYST», adverb, adjective, noun. –adv. very speedily; in great haste: »This…brought Mr. Beaulieu Plummer posthaste from the estate office up to the house (H. G. Wells). –adj. Archaic. done in great haste; very speedy. –n. Archaic. haste or …   Useful english dictionary

  • post-haste — ► ADVERB ▪ with great speed. ORIGIN from the direction ‘haste, post, haste’, formerly given on letters …   English terms dictionary

  • post-haste — adv literary very quickly ▪ He departed post haste for Verdun …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • post-haste — Post haste means as quickly as possible …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • post-haste — also post haste ADV: ADV after v If you go somewhere or do something post haste, you go there or do it as quickly as you can. [FORMAL] The pilot wisely decided to return to Farnborough post haste …   English dictionary

  • post-haste — adverb with great speed or immediacy. Origin C16: from the direction ‘haste, post, haste’, formerly given on letters …   English new terms dictionary

  • post haste — see post haste …   English dictionary

  • post-haste — formal as quickly as possible. A letter was dispatched post haste to their offices …   New idioms dictionary

  • post-haste — adverb literary very quickly: departing poste haste …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • post·haste — /ˈpoʊstˈheıst/ adv literary : very quickly : with great speed used after a verb They sent posthaste for the doctor. = They sent for the doctor posthaste …   Useful english dictionary

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