verb
- to leave or depart in a hurry; to run away quickly
Usage: informal; usually followed by 'it' (hightail it)
Examples
- When the security guard spotted them, the kids hightailed it out of the store.
- She hightails it to the gym every morning before work.
- The dog hightailed away when the vacuum cleaner turned on.
- They hightailed it out of town as soon as the storm began.
- He saw the police car and hightailed it down the alley.
- The hikers hightailed back to camp when they heard thunder.