"make tracks" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make tracks.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes tracks [present, singular, third-person], making tracks [participle, present], made tracks [participle, past], made tracks [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> tracks}} make tracks (third-person singular simple present makes tracks, present participle making tracks, simple past and past participle made tracks)
  1. (idiomatic) To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: lay tracks Derived forms: make tracks for Related terms: pound sand
    Sense id: en-make_tracks-en-verb-55PQ53fW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for make tracks meaning in English (1.6kB)

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