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adjective
1.
characterized by reckless determination or breakneck speed: The sheriff led the posse in a hell-for-leather chase.
adverb
2.
in a hell-for-leather manner; hellbent: motorcycles roaring hell-for-leather down the turnpike.
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Hell-for-leather
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1885–90
1885–90
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| hell-for-leather | |
adverb | |
| at breakneck speed; "they were travelling hell-for-leather" |
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