pell-mell

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The pig was not looking for company; and he was so frightened that he ran toward the door pell-mell.

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  1. adverb In a jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter.
  2. adverb In frantic disorderly haste; headlong: "I went to work pell-mell, blotted several sheets of paper with choice floating thoughts” (Washington Irving).

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  1. French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle, probably reduplication of mesle, imperative of mesler, to mix; see meddle.

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  1. See pell-mell, adv.
  2. pell-mell, adv.
 

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/ˈpɛlˈmɛl/
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