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What does hell-for-leather mean?

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Adverb
  1. as fast as possible; recklessly fast
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In most parks on Merseyside this is a common sight, huge dogs running hell-for-leather anywhere and everywhere, a danger to children and other dogs.
He wants to be a wicked, hell-for-leather fellow, but he hasn't got the stomach for it!
Leeds are playing very well and I don't expect them to lose many more games this season so we'll have to go hell-for-leather to catch them.
There was no hell-for-leather drama in the first movement, only classical proportioning.
In the entire fleet of Fountain Mercury trophy-winning boats, none is more dedicated to the art and science of fishing than the brawny, hell-for-leather 38 Open Bow.
So will we be treated to the Swiss in cavalier mood, chasing goals hell-for-leather and blasting into the last sixteen with all guns blazing?

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