post-haste
See also: posthaste and post haste
English
Etymology
From the former instruction on letters "haste, post, haste," later reinterpreted as a compound of post + haste.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
post-haste (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of posthaste
Synonyms
Noun
- A great hurry.
- 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1 l 103-106
- "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."
- 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1 l 103-106