hightail
verb (used without object)
to go away or leave rapidly.
was hightailing
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past progressiveof hightail.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Now she was hightailing about the countryside, scattering scaffolds, blowing down haystacks, ringing church bells in the dead of night.
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