make tracks

make tracks
разг.
поспешно отправиться, уйти; ≈ пуститься наутёк [первонач. амер.]

I got back to Poplar half frantic with pain, and so I made tracks for a dentist. (H. Pollitt, ‘Serving My Time’, ch. 6) — В Поплар я вернулся с жестокой зубной болью и помчался прямо к врачу.

Well, time I was making tracks. Is there anything you want from town? (D. Stuart, ‘Yaralie’, ch. 11) — Ну, мне пора. Вам что-нибудь привезти из города?

Bill said he couldn't resist the temptation to pack his swag and make tracks for Larkinville when he heard all the rumours flyin' around in the Eastern states. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. 6) — Билл мне и говорит: не мог, мол, удержаться. Как услышал все эти толки в восточных штатах, так сразу уложил свои пожитки - и айда в Ларкинвиль.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • make tracks — To leave a place to go somewhere. Referring to the tracks one would make in the snow or mud in the course of a journey …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • make tracks — ► make tracks (for) informal leave (for a place). Main Entry: ↑track …   English terms dictionary

  • make tracks — phrasal 1. : to proceed at a walk or run 2. : to go in a hurry : run away : flee * * * make tracks (informal) 1. To make off 2. To go quickly • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • make tracks — tv. to move out of a place fast. □ I gotta make tracks home now. □ Let’s make tracks. We gotta hit Adamsville before noon …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • make tracks —    to escape or leave in a hurry    Most of those about whom this phrase is used are anxious not to make tracks which others might follow:     I shouldn t be surprised if he s made tracks. (Sayers, 1937) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • make tracks — verb a) To leave or depart; to go away. I had better make tracks now, since my plane leaves soon. b) To leave in a hurry …   Wiktionary

  • make tracks — vp To leave. When are you going to make tracks? 1950s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • make tracks — hurry, move quickly, vamoose    We better make tracks or we ll be late for dinner …   English idioms

  • make tracks — Verb. To begin a journey. E.g. OK, it s 8.30 and we ve got to get to London by midday, let s make tracks …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • make tracks — informal to leave a place It s getting late – I think we d better make tracks …   English dictionary

  • make tracks (for) — informal leave (for a place). → track …   English new terms dictionary


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