make streaks en · VERB
Meanings
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(slang) To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.
"[…] better make streaks for the boats." They dressed hastily and took a short cut cross country over the open fields toward the landing place.
1922, Latta Griswold, The Tides of Deal, page 81:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| making streaks | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made streaks | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made streaks | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| makes streaks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |