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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hightail .
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Examples
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Caroline hightails it out of the garage and Elena goes after her.
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Eventually, hightails it to Europe -- following in James Baldwin's and Josephine Baker's footsteps -- to explore the world.
Brad Balfour: Spike Lee and Stew Go On Camera for Passing Strange The Movie 2010
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The thief throws his flashlight at the man and hightails it, getting his bicycle from hiding and fleeing the scene.
“Samuel! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Ay, there was!” 2008
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Elizabeth hightails it into the French countryside, but encounters more people with the same pus-filled sores that try to attack her and anyone else who remains unaffected.
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Maybe I forget my turn signal, because someone honks, and maybe I swerve just a little, because the spongy yellow upright rectangle hightails it into the restaurant bushes.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Maybe I forget my turn signal, because someone honks, and maybe I swerve just a little, because the spongy yellow upright rectangle hightails it into the restaurant bushes.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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With the advent of online travel agencies like Expedia and Priceline, whenever there's a dip in the hospitality economy, the traveling world (a shrinking marketplace since travel is a discretionary expenditure in a recession) hightails it to their laptop to see which hotel chain will offer the closest thing to free.
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Maybe I forget my turn signal, because someone honks, and maybe I swerve just a little, because the spongy yellow upright rectangle hightails it into the restaurant bushes.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Hopefully, he hightails it out of here after he tastes a couple of zingers.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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Hopefully, he hightails it out of here after he tastes a couple of zingers.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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