hell-for-leather
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of hell-for-leather
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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This year, however, an unusual set of weather patterns and warm Pacific Ocean waters have short-circuited these normally reliable safeguards and allowed Hurricane Hilary to make its hell-for-leather dash for Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
And once an algorithm sees something working, it’s going hell-for-leather to replicate those results as much as possible.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2021
Boseman had already had a brief outing as the character two years ago in the hell-for-leather melee of Captain America: Civil War.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2018
“Refiners have been running plants hell-for-leather to take advantage of strong margins,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2015
A kind of hell-for-leather gaiety invaded the city.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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