hightail
verb (used without object)
to go away or leave rapidly.
had hightailed
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past perfectof hightail.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Four days after King's murder, Ray had hightailed across the Canadian border, and was renting a $10-a-week room from Mrs. Fela Szpakowsky on Toronto's polyglot Ossington Avenue.
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