hightail
Example Sentences
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In most cases, drivers might hightail it out of there.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024
Read on, study up, then hightail it to your nearest butcher.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2022
Pro tip: Come at 4 p.m. when doors open before all the downtown shoppers and the pre- and post-dinner crowd hightail it to this bar.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021
“I feel hopeful but not necessarily optimistic,” said Kimmel, who planned to hightail it out of Washington after the show.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2017
“I think you better hightail it on down to Mr. Van Dyke’s office, Sonny,” he said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
