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hightail
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high·tail  (htl) 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 or flee.

[From those animals that raise their tails when fleeing.]

hightail [ˈhaɪˌteɪl]
vb
(intr) Informal chiefly US and Canadian to go or move in a great hurry Also hightail it
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.hightail - leave as fast as possible; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in"
go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
Translations
hightail [ˈhaɪteɪl] VT to hightail it (esp US) → darse el piro, salir pitando
hightail
vi (US inf) to hightail (it) out of a place(aus einem Ort) abhauen (inf), → (von or aus einem Ort) verduften (inf)


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