hightail
verb (used without object)
to go away or leave rapidly.
hightailing
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present participleof hightail.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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
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
She’d even considered cashing out and hightailing it to a wine cave in the Loire Valley.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2014
I guess she hated to admit that if it was up to her we’d be hightailing it out of here like rabbits.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
