Hare
Hare verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: she's always haring off to attend to some emergency
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The Hare only lost the race because he got overconfident and took a nap during the race.
Source: Broken Aesop -
A '90s French Cheerios commercial had the hare doing this to send the tortoise into a much longer, windier path, but the cereal give so much strength and speed that the tortoise wins the race anyway.
Source: Road Sign Reversal - Codified by the Hare of the tale of The Tortoise and The Hare; he chooses to laze in the race against the slow Tortoise because he's certain that he can win, only to lose instead.
Source: Last Second Showoff
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