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  1. (form-of, not-comparable, uncommon) Less common form of hell-for-leather
    • When Alfie had breathlessly told him that Sarah had gone into labour and was on her way to hospital, he'd dropped the lead rein and headed back hell for leather. 2004, Jennifer Marshall, The Christie Legacy, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 290:
    • Of course, we were programmers, so we knew how hard it was, and what really impressed us was that this wasn't just smart programming, it was smart maths. Somebody had gone hell for leather making the absolute best that was possible. 2003 October 18, Francis Spufford, “Masters of their universe”, in The Guardian:
    • It was one of the pleasures of the country to be able to ride hell for leather in the early morning... . 1988, Emma Lange, The Cost of Honor, →ISBN, page 96:
    • A few minutes later I was driving hell for leather to Parel, some six miles out of Bombay, where Colonel Liston was in charge of the government laboratory. 1963, Frederick Barnardo, An Active Life, Bodley Head, page 194: