to hightail
18
8.3
- verb
- /ˈhaɪˌteɪl/
- Informal
:
salir corriendo
- Over the hyperspace radio, I ordered the other five vessels to hightail it towards Earth as fast as possible.
At this point, they're freaking out, and he hightails it out of there straight to the Intercontinental Hotel.
- At this point, they're freaking out, and he hightails it out of there straight to the Intercontinental Hotel.
- Can you can you just can you withstand the the sudden estrangement and find your people and find your way or you're going to hightail it?
Examples
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We better hightail it out of here.
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And yeah, they decide to just hightail it and retreat.
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And the three of us can hightail it to Mexico.
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As soon as you fire that shot, you jump on your horse and hightail it, you hear?
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I think her husband did contact her and told her to hightail it down there despite our presence.
Fiction book (1997) -
You lose my guys and hightail it south.
Fiction book (1997) -
I want you to hightail it back to the lab and put a call in.
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Dudes, Mom saw me, so I had to hightail it out of there.
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He'd be saving his own skin and hightailing it out as fast as he could.
Fiction book (1996) -
Fearing for his life, Kurt Calabrese hightailed it out of the restaurant and drove off.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
Leave a place quickly or suddenly
550
1.6
To leave secretly and quickly to get away from danger or control
333
1.8
Pass very quickly, often used for time
331
2.4
To run away from a place because it is dangerous
78
2.0
Leave a place suddenly, often to avoid someone or something
69
2.3
To run away suddenly to escape danger
41
6.3
Go away suddenly without warning or explanation
36
5.3
To try to escape quickly, often by running
20
3.8
Leave suddenly because you are in a hurry
16
8.4
To leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger
14
9.3
To run away quickly because you are afraid
13
4.4
To move back from a place or activity to avoid danger and trouble
12
7.9
To leave a place suddenly without permission
11
3.5
Leave quickly to escape danger, often by flying
11
4.4
Leave a place quickly to avoid being caught after causing or seeing trouble
7
7.0
To run away quickly because you are afraid
7
5.6
To leave a place quickly to escape danger or trouble
7
9.2
Leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger
5
4.9
Leave a place suddenly and quickly because you feel scared
5
5.8
To leave a place suddenly and unexpectedly
5
6.6
Leave a place quickly because people are angry or you are in trouble
5
8.0
To leave a place very quickly to avoid danger or trouble
5
7.2
Leave quickly to go somewhere or to avoid trouble
4
7.8
To run away quickly to escape danger
3
8.8
To leave quickly to avoid trouble or questions
3
8.2
To leave a place quickly to escape danger
2
2.5
Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry
2
9.8
To leave a place quickly to avoid trouble
2
9.0
To leave quickly to escape or avoid something
1
9.0
Move quickly on foot to escape or reach a place fast
1
9.9
A sudden leaving to escape trouble
1
6.0
To leave a place quickly to avoid danger or trouble
1
6.1
Run away quickly to escape danger or trouble
1
7.2
To run or move very quickly without control
Run quickly into the woods to escape danger
To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid
Leave a place quickly because you are not welcome
Run away quickly to avoid danger or trouble
To leave quickly to avoid trouble or attention
To run away quickly to avoid being caught
To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid
To leave a place quickly and secretly, often taking things or someone
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Fast
69
2.3
- Informal
18
8.3
550
1.6
32
3.4
∞
1.0
632
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hightail is easy to remember: think of high meaning 'up' and tail meaning 'tail', like an animal holding its tail up as it runs away. So, to hightail is to leave very quickly to escape or get away.