makes tracks
Departs in haste
Makes tracks means to leave, especially quickly or urgently: We'd better make tracks if we want to catch that train.
The phrase evokes the literal tracks or footprints left behind when departing.
It often implies haste or the need to get moving: Once the cops showed up, everyone made tracks.
- hurryMove with urgency
- get goingCommence motion or activity
- vamooseDepart hastily
- skedaddleDepart hastily, often fearfully
- hit the roadBegin one's journey
flee · rush · hightail it · scoot · take off · abscond · run for it · sprint · footprint · trail · imprint · rut · groove · bolt · furrow · tread · escape · clear out
makes trackslingers
Remains beyond expected time
dawdles · dallies · tarries · loiters · dillydallies
makes tracksstays put
Remains in place
sticks around · remains · hangs around · stays · sits tight
makes tracksdigs in
Fortifies one's position
puts down roots · sets up camp · makes oneself at home · nests · beds down
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