make streaks

verb

To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.

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Meanings

verbmake streaks (third-person singular simple present makes streaks, present participle making streaks, simple past and past participle made streaks)

present singular third person makes streaks · participle present making streaks · participle past made streaks · past made streaks

  1. slangTo leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.

    "[…] better make streaks for the boats." They dressed hastily and took a short cut cross country over the open fields toward the landing place.

    1922, Latta Griswold, The Tides of Deal, page 81
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APA

make streaks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20streaks

MLA

“make streaks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20streaks. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make streaks,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20streaks.

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