Example Sentences
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She reached the 14,500-foot summit at 7:45 a.m. and, after snapping a few photos, hightailed it down.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
I hightailed it back here, to the north shore of Hawaii, and I thought that was it.
From Fox News • Sep. 14, 2021
After he hightailed it to Australia with his mistress and the couple divorced, Muriel co-founded Femina, Britain’s first feminist press.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2014
"This is my dare to be great situation," he was heard muttering, along with something about his heart and a pen, as he hightailed it out of the Cavs' facility.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2014
The man from the butcher shop had tricked the cap’n outta fifty dollars, quit his job, and hightailed it to who-know-where.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
