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    hightail
    /ˈhʌɪteɪl/

    verb

    • 1. move or travel fast: informal North American "they hightailed it to India"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHIGHTAIL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to leave or go somewhere in a great hurry: As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Moving quickly. agility. beetle. belt. bob up. bowl down/along something. cannonball. gallop. gun. leg. make good time idiom. make haste idiom. make off. outrun. outrush. outsail. pelt. rush. scorch.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hightailHightail Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : to move at full speed or rapidly often in making a retreatusually used with it. hightailed it out of there. Synonyms. bolt. break. bug out. flee. fly. retreat. run away. run off. skedaddle. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of hightail in a Sentence. when a fight broke out, we hightailed it out of the bar.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHIGHTAIL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    verb. mainly US informal us / ˈhaɪ.teɪl / uk / ˈhaɪ.teɪl / hightail it. Add to word list. to leave or go somewhere in a great hurry: As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Moving quickly. agility. beetle. bob up. bowl down/along something. cannonball. gallop. gun. leg.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › hightailHightail - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To hightail is to leave or move very quickly. Your plan might be to hightail to New York City as soon as you graduate from high school. Hightail is an useful, informal verb that means "get out fast" or "make a beeline for" or "cut and run."

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › hightailHIGHTAIL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Hightail definition: to go away or leave rapidly. See examples of HIGHTAIL used in a sentence.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHIGHTAIL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Informal, mainly US and Canadian to go or move in a great hurry Also: hightail it.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › hightailHightail - definition of hightail by The Free Dictionary

    Define hightail. hightail synonyms, hightail pronunciation, hightail translation, English dictionary definition of hightail. Slang intr.v. high·tailed , high·tail·ing , high·tails To go as fast as possible, especially in fleeing: hightailed out of town. Idiom: hightail it To hurry...

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › hightailhightail - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · hightail (third-person singular simple present hightails, present participle hightailing, simple past and past participle hightailed) (informal, chiefly Canada, US, usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat. Synonyms: skedaddle; see also Thesaurus: move quickly

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionhightail verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of hightail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryHIGHTAIL - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

    A complete guide to the word "HIGHTAIL": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.