Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
hell-for-leather is an adverb meaning "at breakneck speed". It carries one recorded sense.
at breakneck speed
“they were travelling hell-for-leather”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hell-for-leather come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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