make tracks

make tracks
{v. phr.}, {informal} To go fast; get a speedy start; hurry. * /Man, it's time we made tracks!/ * /The boys made tracks for home when it began to get dark./ Compare: GET GOING, MAKE HASTE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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