Antonyms for make tracks


Grammar : Verb
Spell : trak
Phonetic Transcription : træk


Definition of make tracks

Origin :
  • late 15c., "footprint, mark left by anything," from Old French trac "track of horses, trace" (mid-15c.), possibly from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Low German treck, Dutch trek "drawing, pulling;" see trek). Meaning "lines of rails for drawing trains" is from 1805. Meaning "branch of athletics involving a running track" is recorded from 1905. Meaning "single recorded item" is from 1904, originally in reference to phonograph records. Meaning "mark on skin from repeated drug injection" is first attested 1964.
  • Track record (1955) is a figurative use from racing, "performance history" of an individual car, runner, horse, etc.(1907, but the phrase was more common in sense "fastest speed recorded at a particular track"). To make tracks "move quickly" is American English colloquial first recorded 1835; to cover (one's) tracks in the figurative sense first attested 1898; to keep track of something is attested from 1883. American English wrong side of the tracks "bad part of town" is by 1901. Track lighting attested from 1970.
  • As in run : verb move fast on foot
  • As in scoot : verb hurry
  • As in scram : verb leave quickly
  • As in accelerate : verb increase speed, timing
  • As in skedaddle : verb flee
  • As in bolt : verb run quickly away
  • As in decamp : verb depart suddenly
  • As in flee : verb run away to escape
  • As in get out : verb escape
  • As in hasten : verb speed something; hurry
  • As in hurry : verb act, move speedily
Example sentences :
  • Some low fellows, they say, said to him—Tom, why don't you make tracks for Canada?'
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • You seem straight enough, and we will make tracks as you suggest.
  • Extract from : « Two Daring Young Patriots » by W. P. Shervill
  • My advice to you is, make tracks for your starvation desert.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Healer » by William Vaughn Moody
  • I'm going out there as fast as I can make tracks for the West.
  • Extract from : « Two Boy Gold Miners » by Frank V. Webster
  • If he adds big hobnails to make tracks with, he is sure of himself.
  • Extract from : « Camp and Trail » by Stewart Edward White
  • Now you part and make tracks for home, one on foot and one in a fly.
  • Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade
  • Get our hands loose first, then our legs, then kill them fellows and make tracks.
  • Extract from : « Out on the Pampas » by G. A. Henty
  • But I've got to make tracks, for if she were here, where would I put her?
  • Extract from : « The Harvester » by Gene Stratton Porter
  • So it does, and I reckon the best thing we can do is to make tracks for some place of safety.
  • Extract from : « Three Young Ranchmen » by Ralph Bonehill
  • "I'll make tracks for the south, too," said Tartarin to himself.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol III » by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

Synonyms for make tracks

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