hell for leather

VERY FAST, very quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly, hurriedly, at full tilt, at full pelt, headlong, hotfoot, post-haste, helter-skelter, at the speed of light, at breakneck speed; informal like a bat out of hell, like the wind, like greased lightning, like a bomb; Brit. informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots; N. Amer. informal lickety-split.

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hell for leather

At a furious pace

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Main Entry: ↑Hell

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hell for leather informal phrase

very quickly, or with a lot of effort

Thesaurus: quickly_synonym difficult to do and involving a lot of effort_synonym

Main entry: hell

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as fast as possible

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hell for ˈleather idiom

(old-fashioned, BrE, informal) as quickly as possible

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to ride hell for leather

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