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POST-HASTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does post-haste mean?
• POST-HASTE (adverb)
The adverb POST-HASTE has 1 sense:
1. as fast as possible; with all possible haste
Familiarity information: POST-HASTE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
As fast as possible; with all possible haste
Context example:
send it to me post-haste
Context examples
A government messenger had brought it post-haste.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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