hell-for-leather
See also: hell for leather
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Earliest reference is from 1889 in "The Gadsbys" by Rudyard Kipling, referring to the effect on the leather of a saddle (or perhaps a crop) of riding a horse as fast as possible. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See talk page for possible earlier use.”)
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hell-for-leather (not comparable)
- As fast as possible; recklessly fast.
- He rode hell-for-leather to catch up with the stagecoach.
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as fast as possible; recklessly fast
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