informal #adverb #Idioms #English #esl

in one's tracks {adv. phr.}, {informal}

1. Just where one is at the moment; abruptly; immediately.

The hunter's rifle cracked and the rabbit dropped in his tracks.

Mary stopped dead in her tracks, turned around, and ran back home.

Syn.: ON THE SPOT (1), THEN AND THERE.

1. See: FOLLOW IN ONE'S FOOTSTEPS. Categories: adverb informal