post-haste

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

POST-HASTE, noun Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier. POST-HASTE, adverb With speed or expedition. He traveled post-haste that is, by an ellipsis, with post-haste
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