Definition of Hightail it

1. Verb. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

Exact synonyms: Break Away, Bunk, Escape, Fly The Coop, Head For The Hills, Lam, Run, Run Away, Scarper, Scat, Take To The Woods, Turn Tail
Generic synonyms: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave
Specialized synonyms: Flee, Fly, Take Flight, Skedaddle
Derivative terms: Lam, Runaway

Definition of Hightail it

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To hurry or run; often, to flee. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hightail It

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highschool
highschoolboy
highschoolboys
highschooler
highschoolers
highschoolgirl
highschoolgirls
highschools
highspot
highspots
highstand
highstreet
hight
hightail
hightail it (current term)
hightailed
hightailing
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highted
highth
highths
highting
hightop
hightops
hights
highty-tighty
highwater
highwaters
highway

Literary usage of Hightail it

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Line by Shay Villere, Plauche Villere, 3rd (2006)
"They'll need this room for some new patient and you'll probably get a chance to hightail it again." "I don't want to hightail it again. ..."

2. The Gold Chain: A California Family Sagaby Regina V. Phelan by Regina V. Phelan (1987)
""Oh, no, they hightail it to town. Stay around in these hovels or huts? No. They would rather be in the saloons where the lights are bright, where there's ..."

3. Surviving Twilight by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"The insurgents popped off a few mortar rounds and then tried to hightail it outta Dodge before the law came down. Just so happened the law was watching. ..."

4. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"THIS year, Dave and I would have our own place and our own vehicle in case we needed to hightail it out of town. We left on Thursday and the girls would be ..."

5. A Different Sin by Rochelle H. Schwab (1993)
""The talk in the regiments is that Grant and Meade will hightail it back over the Rapidan like Hooker before them." David nodded silently. ..."

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