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/ˈhaɪ.teɪl/ · verb
(informal, chiefly Canada, US, usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat..
He hightailed it toward town.
I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.
When I saw he had scored, I just hightailed out of there, because all those people started running down on the field and that's a lot more dangerous than playing.
Use hightail when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hightail means (informal, chiefly Canada, US, usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat..
Common synonyms include skedaddle, hightail, move quickly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He hightailed it toward town.
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