make tracks

[make tracks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go fast; get a speedy start; hurry.

/Man, it's time we made tracks!/

/The boys made tracks for home when it began to get dark./

Compare: GET GOING, MAKE HASTE.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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