post-haste

adv
/ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/UK/ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/US

Etymology

From the former instruction on letters "haste, post, haste," later reinterpreted as a compound of post + haste.

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of posthaste.

  2. A great hurry.

    • And this, I take it, Is the main motive of our preparations The source of this our watch, and the chief head Of this post-haste and rummage in the land.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for post-haste. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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