hightailing
- present participle of hightail.
Example Sentences
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The brief video ends with the deer hightailing it away from the school.
From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2023
As we entered the city, we saw Saudi troops in commandeered fire trucks, hightailing it south to escape the fighting.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2023
The call was always in the back of Darrin Phillips’ mind, threatening to send him hightailing out of the gym to catch the next flight home.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2022
According to Altucher, the pandemic has turned Midtown into Ghost Town and sent his Wall Street buddies hightailing it for the exit, probably never to return.
From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2020
There’s my ma, fifty-odd years old, hightailing around town with some guy while I sit here, in the prime of my youth, completely and utterly alone.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
