Synonyms of makes tracks

makes tracks

phrase

present tense third-person singular of make tracks

1

as in retreats

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

The frightened cat made tracks into the other room when guests began to arrive.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreats
• flies
• bolts
• flees
• runs
• escapes
• runs away
• bugs out
• turns tail
• runs off
• breaks
• beats it
• beats a retreat
• gets (away)
• gets out
• makes off
• hightails (it)
• lights out
• skips (out)
• clears out
• mizzles
• skedaddles
• lams
• absconds
• decamps
• elopes
• scrams
• skirrs
• scats
• scarpers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• faces
• confronts
• beards
• defies
• dares
• braves
• remains
• stays
• dwells
• lingers
• abides
• hangs around
• sticks around
• tarries

2

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

You'd better make tracks if you want to catch that bus!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• races
• travels
• rushes
• flies
• hurries
• drives
• scurries
• trots
• zips
• cracks (on)
• chases
• jumps
• buzzes
• runs
• steps
• blows
• scoots
• tears
• bowls
• darts
• dashes
• bolts
• barrels
• courses
• rips
• motors
• blasts
• rams
• scuttles
• zooms
• careers
• breezes
• beats it
• belts
• shoots
• bundles
• steps on it
• rustles
• rockets
• jogs
• gets a move on
• whirls
• blazes
• jets
• shakes a leg
• hastens
• humps
• hares
• hies
• bustles
• hustles
• hurls
• whisks
• pelts
• hurtles
• bombs
• nips
• cannonballs
• highballs
• careens
• hotfoots (it)
• gallops
• beetles
• steps out
• streaks
• flits
• sprints
• accelerates
• scampers
• scuffles
• catches up
• scuds
• whizzes
• stampedes
• overtakes
• outpaces
• outruns
• quickens
• arrows
• outstrips
• fast-forwards
• beelines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeps
• hangs (around or out)
• lags
• pokes
• crawls
• lingers
• drags
• pokes
• slows (down or up)
• loiters
• tarries
• dawdles
• strolls
• shuffles
• saunters
• dillydallies
• dallies
• ambles
• plods
• lumbers
• decelerates