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synonyms for post haste

  • abrupt
  • active
  • agile
  • brief
  • brisk
  • cursory
  • energetic
  • expeditious
  • hasty
  • hurried
  • immediate
  • instantaneous
  • keen
  • nimble
  • rapid
  • sudden
  • swift
  • alert
  • express
  • fleet
  • flying
  • going
  • prompt
  • ASAP
  • a move on
  • accelerated
  • animated
  • breakneck
  • curt
  • double-time
  • expeditive
  • harefooted
  • headlong
  • impatient
  • impetuous
  • lively
  • mercurial
  • move it
  • on the double
  • perfunctory
  • posthaste
  • pronto
  • snappy
  • spirited
  • split-second
  • sprightly
  • spry
  • the lead out
  • winged
On this page you'll find 349 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to post haste, such as: abrupt, active, agile, brief, brisk, and cursory.

antonyms for post haste

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  • clumsy
  • delayed
  • idle
  • inactive
  • later
  • lazy
  • leisurely
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • unhurried
  • ignorant
  • stupid
  • uneducated
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      How to use post haste in a sentence

      I fled post-haste, and shall go straight to Sasha without stopping at Milan.
      THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
      The next day I went to Shilovsky, who is now working post-haste at my sketch.
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      Sir Henry, who had heard about the offer from H., who is an intimate friend of his, came up post haste from Scotland.
      PASSING BYMAURICE BARING
      Do you mean to go post-haste to the devil, gentlemen, by proposing that I should write such a sonata?
      BEETHOVEN'S LETTERS 1790-1826, VOLUME 1 OF 2LADY WALLACE
      The man says, that his Lordship was so bad when he came away, that the family began to talk of sending for me in post haste.
      CLARISSA, VOLUME 6 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSON
      He did not dare to stay with his troops in Germany; he fled post haste to Paris.
      THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLS
      A few hours had elapsed, and we espied one of their number returning post haste to our camp.
      EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XXXJOEL PALMER
      I swallowed my indignation, assured him that I would be back in five minutes, and went post-haste to impart the good news.
      OX-TEAM DAYS ON THE OREGON TRAILEZRA MEEKER
      The terrier knew the secret, but he had been put out of action and sent off, post haste, to the nearest veterinary surgeon.
      CREATURES OF THE NIGHTALFRED W. REES
      He had ridden over post-haste to tell us the Boers were swarming there, and that he and his men had evacuated the barracks.
      SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIESLADY SARAH WILSON
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