hell-for-leather

An informal adverb meaning 'at great speed' or 'as fast as possible,' often used to describe reckless or furious haste, especially in riding or driving.

• 🇪🇸Adverbio informal que significa 'a gran velocidad' o 'tan rápido como sea posible', usado a menudo para describir una prisa imprudente o furiosa, especialmente al cabalgar o conducir.

1. At breakneck speed C1 informal

   Moving or acting with extreme speed and urgency, often recklessly.

   • The rider galloped hell-for-leather across the open field.
   • He drove hell-for-leather to the airport, barely catching his flight.
   • The messenger ran hell-for-leather through the streets to deliver the urgent news.

   🇪🇸a toda velocidad

   Sinónimos: flat outheadlonghell-bent

   Antónimos: slowly

• more hell-for-leather comparative form
• most hell-for-leather superlative form