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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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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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