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making tracks

making tracks is the present participle and gerund of make tracks.

Meaning of make tracks

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.
    • I had better make tracks now, since my plane leaves soon.
    Synonyms:
    lay tracks

Questions about making tracks

What is making tracks the present participle and gerund of?
Making tracks is the present participle and gerund of make tracks.

Words near making tracks in the dictionary

  1. making the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  2. making things interesting
  3. making tick
  4. making time
  5. making time with
  6. making tracks
  7. making trial of
  8. making up
  9. making up for lost time
  10. making up one's mind
  11. making up the numbers

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