make tracks

Idioms and Phrases

Move or leave in a hurry, as in If we're going to catch the first show, we'd better make tracks . This term alludes to the footprints left by running. [ Slang ; early 1800s]

Example Sentences

The wider rise of AI-generated music, and the increased availability of free tools to make tracks, have added to concerns for artists and record labels about getting their fair share of profits made on AI-created tracks.

From BBC

Gibson even rejects the sterile confines of the recording studio, preferring to make tracks on his iPhone in train stations or sitting on London's South Bank, as life carries on around him.

From BBC

“The one-two punch, the uppercut, and the wallop, then get out quick and make tracks. You broke the commandments and cheated. Now you’ll have to back down, capitulate and turn in your resignation.”

From Washington Post

"We need the full detail of the injuries to be collected and assessed, and then they can give me a timeframe and I can start to make tracks to recover peak performance."

From BBC

In such a situation, taking all this in, a sane character would run, flee, skedaddle, vamoose, make tracks and call in the cops, or maybe an airstrike.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

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• flee
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• take off