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.

• 🇫🇷Adverbe informel signifiant « à toute vitesse » ou « aussi vite que possible », souvent utilisé pour décrire une hâte imprudente ou furieuse, notamment à cheval ou en voiture.

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.

   🇫🇷à toute allure

   Synonymes: flat outheadlonghell-bent

   Antonymes: slowly

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