make tracks
Move or leave in a hurry, as in If we're going to catch the first show, we'd better make tracks. This term alludes to the footprints left by running. [Slang; early 1800s]
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How to use make tracks in a sentence
If he isn't here then, I shall make tracks before the darkness gets any thicker.'
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamIf the fox got a sniff of human scent, he would leave his circle very quickly, and make tracks fast to be out of danger.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall SaundersWe're licked, the tradin'-post is burned up, an' the only thing we can do is to make tracks for Fort Benton.
Frank in the Mountains | Harry CastlemonBut in this I was mistaken so was obliged to give up the hunt for the time being and make tracks for the shanty.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel WoodcockNow lets make tracks for home, said Lillie as Nathalie hung up the lantern on the pole again.
Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer | Rena I. Halsey
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