Example Sentences

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Carrillo and Peña track Gacha in Cartagena, Murphy takes steps to protect Gaviria, and Connie hightails it out of town with Elisa before her husband gets charged with treason for harboring a Communist fugitive.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2015

In the show, Gallagher plays a shameless - and penniless - producer who hightails it out of Chicago after his stage version of “Joan of Arc” flops.

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2015

In the show, Gallagher plays a shameless — and penniless — producer who hightails it out of Chicago after his stage version of "Joan of Arc" flops.

From US News • Mar. 13, 2015

And then there’s the Setrakian voiceover narration at the end, which ridiculously mentions “a small world,” while the Scooby gang hightails it and tries to mentally regroup against the fiery New York skyline.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2014

“Brandon’s only down here to listen to the conversation. He’s not supposed to talk at all. And the second we hear Granddad’s car turning into the yard, he hightails it back to his room.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson