See hell-for-leather on Wiktionary
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"As fast as possible; recklessly fast."
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "as fast as possible; recklessly fast",
"word": "mint a szélvész"
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"word": "lóhalálában"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "mint a villám"
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"word": "észvesztő/eszeveszett sebességgel"
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"sense": "as fast as possible; recklessly fast",
"word": "fort som faen"
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"roman": "slomjá gólovu",
"sense": "as fast as possible; recklessly fast",
"word": "сломя́ го́лову"
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"word": "a matacaballo"
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"word": "lóhalálában"
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"word": "mint a villám"
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"sense": "as fast as possible; recklessly fast",
"word": "fort som faen"
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"sense": "as fast as possible; recklessly fast",
"word": "сломя́ го́лову"
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"word": "hell-for-leather"
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