post-haste
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post-haste
- /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/ UK
- /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/ US
Rhymes with -eɪst
Where it comes from
From the former instruction on letters "haste, post, haste," later reinterpreted as a compound of post + haste.
adverb
- Alternative spelling of posthaste.posthaste
noun
- A great hurry. 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.
