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hightail
[ hahy-teyl ]
/ ˈhaɪˌteɪl /
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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 about hightail
hightail it, Informal. hurry; rush; scamper: Hightail it down to the grocery store and buy some bread for lunch.
Words nearby hightail
High Street, high-strung, high style, hight, high table, hightail, hightail it, High Tatra, high tea, high-tech, high technology
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How to use hightail in a sentence
You wonder why Paxton hasn’t hightailed it out of that house sooner.
We Could Use a Pandemic-Era Romantic Comedy, But Locked Down Isn't It|Stephanie Zacharek|January 15, 2021|TimeThe two hightail it out of there, but they ultimately get their pie and their happy ending, too.
A good dozen, however, saw what was happening in time to swerve their mounts and hightail it away.
The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray LeinsterAfter taking so much we'd spook like crazy animals and hightail for the woods over not making footprints.
Eight Keys to Eden|Mark Irvin Clifton
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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