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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I hightailed it home and busied myself trying to not think about what that might portend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
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
We knocked on their tough green flesh to be sure they hadn’t gone soft, then we scooped up one each and hightailed it back toward the woods.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
