make tracks

verb

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

“I had better make tracks now, since my plane leaves soon.”

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lay tracks
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Meanings

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

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

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

    I had better make tracks now, since my plane leaves soon.

    Synonyms: lay tracks

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
lay tracks
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APA

make tracks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20tracks

MLA

“make tracks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20tracks. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make tracks,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20tracks.

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