hell-for-leather
At reckless velocity
Hell-for-leather means at reckless speed, with total abandon: They rode hell-for-leather across the plains.
The phrase likely comes from horseback riding—leather referring to saddle or reins, hell suggesting furious intensity.
It can also function as an adjective: a hell-for-leather chase through the streets.
Recklessly high speed
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- raceCompetition of speed
velocity · rapid · haste · hurried · quick · zoom · lightning · headlong
Reckless risk-taker
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
foolhardy · audacious · bold · brash · harum-scarum · madcap · precipitate · devil-may-care
Not held back
- uninhibitedFree from self-censorship
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
- unfetteredFree from restriction
untamed · unbounded · unconstrained · unrestricted · unhampered · ferocious · fierce · furious
breakneck
Recklessly high speed
race · velocity · rapid · haste · hurried · quick · zoom · lightning · headlong · pell-mell
daredevil
Reckless risk-taker
impulsive · foolhardy · audacious · bold · brash · harum-scarum · madcap · precipitate · devil-may-care · gung-ho
unrestrained
Not held back
- uninhibitedFree from self-censorship
- uncontrolledLacking any regulation
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
unfettered · untamed · unbounded · unconstrained · unrestricted · unhampered · ferocious · fierce · furious · frenzied
hell-for-leatherslowly
At reduced speed
leisurely · at a snail's pace · unhurriedly · sluggishly · languidly
hell-for-leathercautiously
In a guarded manner
carefully · gingerly · prudently · circumspectly · warily
hell-for-leatherhalf-heartedly
With little genuine effort
lackadaisically · lazily · listlessly · apathetically · tepidly
hell, leather, hells, hellish, leathers, leathered, leathering, leathery