make tracks
Frequency: 6.03.9 per million words
figurative (= leave)
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Examples (10)
- It's getting late, I'd better make tracks.
- The party was great, but we really ought to make tracks now.
- As soon as the bell rang, the students made tracks for the exit.
- If you want to beat the rush hour, you'd better make tracks soon.
- We need to make tracks if we're going to catch our flight.
- Seeing the police car, the suspicious characters made tracks in a hurry.
- I'm feeling tired, so I think I'll make tracks and head home.
- They made tracks early in the morning to avoid the heat.
- Don't wait too long, or you'll have to make tracks in the dark.
- Let's make tracks before it starts raining heavily.