POSTHASTE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of posthaste in English posthasteadverb   old-fashioned formal uk /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/ us /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/ Add to word list Add to word list as fast as possible: They travelled posthaste to Rome to collect the award. Fast and rapid

• apace
• as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
• as if it is going out of style idiom
• at a gallop
• at a rate of knots idiom
• hell
• hell for leather idiom
• helter-skelter
• high speed
• hotfoot
• hustle
• prompt
• quickness
• rapid
• rapid-fire
• smartly
• souped-up
• spanking
• streak
• wildfire

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Examples of posthaste

posthaste The clear solution was to remove these lower-class youths from the streets posthaste. From Slate Magazine It should be coming posthaste. From Los Angeles Times He was in evening dress, having been summoned posthaste from the theater. From Project Gutenberg He was thinking on ending the interview as quickly and conveniently as he might, and hurrying posthaste to those speculative ones. From Project Gutenberg His essays are regarded as among the most brilliant in the language, and seem to have been written posthaste, at full swing. From Project Gutenberg He returned posthaste, only to be met with her unconquerable silence. From Project Gutenberg He knew then that there could be but one answer, and he headed for the control room posthaste. From Project Gutenberg He began to dress posthaste in order to put time and space between his threat and its retraction. From Project Gutenberg He sent posthaste for reinforcements. From Project Gutenberg I'll ship it to you posthaste, man. From Project Gutenberg The minute word reaches the city that the plan has miscarried there will be some one up here posthaste to destroy or remove any damaging evidence we may have overlooked. From Project Gutenberg When it broke out he enlisted in the navy, and because he was partially equipped in radio they sent him off posthaste to a wireless school. From Project Gutenberg His recollections of the renowned blacksmith and the runaway couples he had often seen riding posthaste to the smithy, with pursuers close behind perhaps, were very interesting. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of posthaste?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 儘快地，急忙地… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 尽快地，急忙地… See more Need a translator?

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