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To run or rush somewhere in a great hurry

To move at full speed, especially in retreat

With excessive speed or urgency

Without care or thought

Immediately, without delay

In a passionate, intense, or angry way

Prepositional phrase

Moving quickly and urgently

A practical joke or mischievous trick

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Verb

To run or rush somewhere in a great hurry

go like a bat out of hell

go hell for leather

go like lightning

get the lead out

put on some speed

go like the wind

go like the clappers

put your foot down

get your skates on

step on the gas

stir one's stumps

go at top speed

put on a burst of speed

make a run for it

gather momentum

give a boost to

go like a bullet

make oneself scarce

pick up the pace

move like greased lightning

be off like a shot

tear up the miles

go at breakneck speed

go like greased lightning

not lose a minute

run round in circles

show a clean pair of heels

make a break for it

head for the hills

make a quick exit

beat a hasty retreat

get a wriggle on

get a wiggle on

open up the throttle

put pedal to metal

put on afterburners

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“I had to hotfoot it to catch the last train of the night.”

Verb

To move at full speed, especially in retreat

go like lightning

make oneself scarce

head for the hills

do a disappearing act

make a quick exit

take it on the lam

take to your heels

make a break for it

make a run for it

beat a hasty retreat

step on the gas

make quick exit

show a clean pair of heels

absent yourself

take French leave

do a moonlight flit

sling your hook

make your escape

abstract oneself

say your goodbyes

do a vanishing act

absent oneself from

take your leave of

take oneself off from

have it away on one's toes

distance oneself

get out of someone's clutches

take yourself off

get on your bike

leave in a hurry

extricate oneself

disentangle yourself

run for the hills

go absent without leave

leave high and dry

make a dash for it

leave in the lurch

make a quick getaway

depart secretly

desert under fire

leave holding the bag

run like scared rabbit

depart suddenly

break loose from

make one's escape from

say one's farewells

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Adverb

With excessive speed or urgency

like the clappers

like greased lightning

at a rate of knots

as fast as possible

hell for leather

hell-for-leather

like a bat out of hell

a mile a minute

like a scalded cat

at the speed of light

like nobody's business

at breakneck speed

like an arrow from a bow

in double quick time

with all possible haste

like a whirlwind

head over heels

like all get out

on the spur of the moment

without losing time

as swift as an arrow

as fast as your legs can carry you

in less than no time

as quickly as possible

like a bullet out of a gun

as fast as one's legs can carry one

at full throttle

by leaps and bounds

like gangbusters

fast and furious

like a madwoman

unpremeditatedly

on spur of the moment

instantaneously

unanticipatedly

unceremoniously

for a little while

for a few seconds

for a few moments

hammer and tongs

with great speed

ventre à terre

dangerously fast

at maximum speed

full speed ahead

full steam ahead

without warning

unintentionally

in the wink of an eye

in no time at all

before you can say Jack Robinson

before you can say knife

without hesitation

uncoordinatedly

within a short time

as soon as possible

extemporaneously

improvisationally

lackadaisically

disinterestedly

inconsequentially

all of a sudden

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“It was still there a couple of years ago when Brendan Laney and Todd Blackadder arrived hotfoot from an NPC final.”

Adverb

Without care or thought

on the spur of the moment

without thinking

without forethought

head over heels

inconsiderately

unintelligently

short-sightedly

absent-mindedly

undiplomatically

simple-mindedly

unpremeditatedly

inappropriately

lackadaisically

unrealistically

overconfidently

unsympathetically

adventuresomely

unintellectually

feeble-mindedly

unimaginatively

extemporaneously

dispassionately

in the heat of the moment

indiscriminately

in an unguarded moment

without rhyme or reason

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Adverb

Immediately, without delay

Adverb

In a passionate, intense, or angry way

enthusiastically

with enthusiasm

Prepositional phrase

Moving quickly and urgently

Noun

A practical joke or mischievous trick

mischievous act

piece of mischief

monkey business

mischievousness

misbehaviour^UK

mischievous trick

foolish behavior^US

practical jokes

foolish behaviour^UK

light-heartedness

rough-and-tumble

silly behavior^US

silly behaviour^UK

nonsensicalness

misdemeanour^UK

rough and tumble

bit of mischief

lightheartedness

irresponsibility

illegal activities

irregular activities

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