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  1. www.etymonline.com › word › post-hastepost-haste | Etymology of post-haste by etymonline

    Sep 18, 2020 · post-haste (adv.) post-haste. (adv.) "with urgent speed, with all possible haste," 1590s, from a noun (1530s) meaning "great speed," usually said to be from "post haste," an instruction formerly written on letters (attested from 1530s), from post (adv.) + haste (n.). The phrase originated in the old system of relaying messages by post horses ...

  2. www.thefreedictionary.com › post-hastePost-haste - definition of post-haste by The Free Dictionary

    Define post-haste. post-haste synonyms, post-haste pronunciation, post-haste translation, English dictionary definition of post-haste. Adv. 1. post-haste - as fast as ...

  3. www.britannica.com › dictionary › posthastePosthaste Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    POSTHASTE meaning: very quickly with great speed used after a verb

  4. www.oed.com › dictionary › post-haste_vpost-haste verb - Oxford English Dictionary

    The only known use of the verb post-haste is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for post-haste is from 1607, in Statutes. It is also recorded as a noun from the mid 1500s. post-haste is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post-haste n.

  5. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › post-hastepost-haste | meaning of post-haste in Longman Dictionary of ...

    post-haste. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ˌpost-ˈhaste adverb literary very quickly He departed post-haste for Verdun. post-haste meaning, definition, what is post-haste: very quickly: Learn more.

  6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › post_hastepost haste - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    6 days ago · See also: posthaste and post-haste. English [edit] Adverb [edit] post haste (not comparable) Alternative spelling of posthaste; Anagrams [edit] heatspots;