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English
Etymology
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.
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Adverb
hell-for-leather (not comparable)
- As fast as possible; recklessly fast.
He rode hell-for-leather to catch up with the stagecoach.
Synonyms
Translations
as fast as possible; recklessly fast