Here comes the sheriff. We'd better hightail it out of here.
•Look at that guy go. He really hightailed it out of town.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
hightail it (up) — hightail it ( up/down/along/etc) phrase to go somewhere fast or in an urgent way They came tearing out of the gates and hightailed it up the road. Thesaurus: to move somewhere quicklysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
hightail it (down) — hightail it ( up/down/along/etc) phrase to go somewhere fast or in an urgent way They came tearing out of the gates and hightailed it up the road. Thesaurus: to move somewhere quicklysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
hightail it (along) — hightail it ( up/down/along/etc) phrase to go somewhere fast or in an urgent way They came tearing out of the gates and hightailed it up the road. Thesaurus: to move somewhere quicklysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
hightail it — verb flee; take to one s heels; cut and run If you see this man, run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up • Syn: ↑scat, ↑run, ↑scarper, ↑turn tail, ↑lam, ↑run away, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hightail — UK [ˈhaɪˌteɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms hightail : present tense I/you/we/they hightail he/she/it hightails present participle hightailing past tense hightailed past participle hightailed informal hightail it (up/down/along etc) to go… … English dictionary
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hotfoot it — (informal) HURRY, dash, run, race, sprint, bolt, dart, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, fly, speed, zoom, streak; informal tear, belt, pelt, scoot, clip, leg it, go like a bat out of hell; Brit. informal bomb; N. Amer. informal hightail it. → … Useful english dictionary
