hightail
[ hahy-teyl ]
/ ˈhaɪˌteɪl /
verb (used without object) Informal.
to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
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Idioms for hightail
hightail it, Informal. hurry; rush; scamper: Hightail it down to the grocery store and buy some bread for lunch.
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Example sentences from the Web for hightail
High-Tail, having eaten the carrot, decided to go elsewhere.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert KnibbsWhen they arrived, High-Tail had made his third round of the corral, with Jimmy still attached to the rope.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert KnibbsI jest held my loop in front of some carrots and High-Tail shoves his head into it.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert KnibbsSo, as I was saying, we swipe two single-seaters from their trick airdrome and high-tail for the Russian front.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front|R. Sidney Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for hightail
hightail
/ (ˈhaɪˌteɪl) /
verb
(intr) informal, mainly US and Canadian to go or move in a great hurryAlso: hightail it
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