hell-for-leather

== English == === Alternative forms === hell for leather === Etymology === Earliest reference is from 1889 in "The Gadsbys" by Rudyard Kipling, referring to the effect on the leather of a saddle (or perhaps a crop) of riding a horse as fast as possible. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See talk page for possible earlier use.”) === Adverb === hell-for-leather (not comparable) As fast as possible; recklessly fast. ==== Synonyms ==== like a bat out of hell ==== Related terms ==== hell-bent for leather ==== Translations ====