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Go as fast as possible, especially in leaving; rush off. For example, With the police now searching for them, they hightailed it out of town, or When Jane remembered it was his birthday, she hightailed it to the bakery for a cake. This expression alludes to the raised tail of a rabbit or other animal that is fleeing. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

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How to use hightail it in a sentence

He made an easy target, the know-it-all liberal egghead who demeaned the wisdom of the American people.
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On her own path, though, the “relationship know-it-all” is embracing her own, different natural progression.
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In her Twitter profile bio, writer Liz Tuccillo calls herself a “relationship know-it-all.”
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The Lennon Wall in Admiralty is a mosaic of Post-It notes, each square a scribbled wish.
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Its only failure was that it lacked the right kind of losing-it drama Oscar night watchers crave.
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I was "strung up" to a high degree of expectation and listened every moment to hear the panpipes and the Roo-too-too-it.
A Thin Ghost and Others|M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
And yet—can you understand it?With a tender smile and a tear, And a half-compassionate yearning,I felt her grown more dear.
Separation and Service|James Hudson Taylor
He wuz very peart and sassy, and it was take-it-or-leave-it-and-be-plaguey- quick-about-it all the time.
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But in that other heart how was it?how with the sweet saint that was talking to herself in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs?
The Minister's Wooing|Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was there hidden under that despairing wail?it was the parting of the last strand of the cord of youthful hope.
The Minister's Wooing|Harriet Beecher Stowe

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