make tracks
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"We need the full detail of the injuries to be collected and assessed, and then they can give me a timeframe and I can start to make tracks to recover peak performance."
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2022
In such a situation, taking all this in, a sane character would run, flee, skedaddle, vamoose, make tracks and call in the cops, or maybe an airstrike.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
The cub’s mother was on her way, and Dearie had to make tracks, as animal keepers do not directly interact with adult pandas.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021
Then she began to make tracks live with vintage synths and drum machines, caught the ear of Darren “Actress” Cunningham and through him released an EP via leftfield electronic mainstay Ninja Tune in 2013.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2018
“Well, since obviously no one’s going back to dreamland, we may as well make tracks for your father,” said Ripred, rising to his feet.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
