post-haste
3
7.4
- adverb
- /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/
- Formal
:
con urgencia
- Please respond to the email post-haste so we can move forward with the project.
- return post-haste
- get the police post-haste
So we wouldn't expect to see exemptions extended in like post haste immediately.
- So we wouldn't expect to see exemptions extended in like post haste immediately.
Examples
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Proceed post-haste, Vasco.
Fiction book (1990) -
Yeah, we'll have to expand production post haste!
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We are supposed to go post haste to see if we can pick up their trail.
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Mr. Dick: I shall return post-haste with the forces of the law!
Fiction book (2000) -
When he returned home this past weekend, he assured me that our documents would move along post haste.
Blog text (7) -
I'll rectify the situation post haste.
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I'll send my letters to thy lord post haste to Mantua.
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if there's a delay in the work, I want to be apprised of it post-haste.
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We need to get that creature into HQ to replicate that compound post-haste.
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We need to deliver this package to the client post-haste to meet the deadline.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
At a fast speed or without delay
∞
1.0
At once without waiting
960
1.0
Without any delay
446
1.4
In a very short time
344
1.0
Immediately without delay
330
1.0
Right away without any delay
130
1.0
Happening or done without any delay
98
2.1
Without delay or at the planned time
84
1.0
Quickly and smoothly
51
2.1
In a way that needs attention right away
49
3.5
In a quick, careless way
23
3.2
Acting quickly with little care
13
3.5
Very quickly without delay
11
7.3
In a quick and efficient way
9
2.8
Quickly and without careful thought
6
2.4
To act quickly without delay
5
8.2
At a fast pace
1
5.6
Very quickly, without delay
In a very short time
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Post-haste comes from post ('mail' or the person who carried letters) and haste ('quickness' or 'hurry'), so it once meant doing something at the speed of the post. So today post-haste still means to do something 'as quickly as possible'.