made tracks
Left in haste
Made tracks means left quickly or hurried away: We made tracks as soon as we heard the sirens.
The phrase evokes footprints or wheel marks left behind by rapid departure.
It often suggests urgency or the desire to avoid something: When the boss showed up, everyone made tracks.
- skedaddledDeparted hastily, informally
- moved onProceeded after pausing
- hastenedMoved or acted faster
- journeyedTraveled a distance
- took offDeparted or surged
got out of Dodge · bolted · trekked · advanced · rushed · zoomed · footprints · absconded · ruts · trails · vanished · grooves · imprints · fled · sprinted · beat feet · dashed · darted
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
movement vs. remaining
made tracksstayed put
Continued in place
remained · stuck around · stayed · hung around · settled in
made, make, makes, making, maker, makers, unmade, remake, remade