before you can say Jack Robinson vs hell-bent for leather

before you can say Jack Robinson

phrase
  • Very quickly; quicker than one expects. 

hell-bent for leather

adv
  • determinedly recklessly, in a manner that lacks restraint. 

  • Synonym of hell-bent (“(recklessly) determined”) 

  • Synonym of hell-for-leather (“very fast”) 

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