to make tracks
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
To hurry away. What make you here? What do you want? What are you come here for?
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “to make tracks” mean?
To hurry away. What make you here? What do you want? What are you come here for?
Is “to make tracks” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.