hightail
verb (used without object)
to go away or leave rapidly.
hightailed
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past participleof hightail.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hightail.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hightailverb (used without object)to go away or leave rapidly.
Example Sentences
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Ratliff hightailed it back to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a few days of classes before returning to the Indianapolis bubble for the Tide’s next game against UCLA, putting another thousand miles on his black Honda Civic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
I hightailed it back here, to the north shore of Hawaii, and I thought that was it.
From Fox News ● Sep. 14, 2021
On Friday, Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri hightailed his way to Harlem to meet with Dan and a group Dan described as “90% people of color” about the blackface controversy.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2019
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
Whatever transpired, it didn’t take long before Mrs. Kedzie hightailed it back to Rochester, calling Leah “a bad manager” and complaining of the influence their older sister held over Maggie and Kate.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
