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hightail

[hahy-teyl] / ˈhaɪˌteɪl /


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In most cases, drivers might hightail it out of there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Read on, study up, then hightail it to your nearest butcher.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2022

Pro tip: Come at 4 p.m. when doors open before all the downtown shoppers and the pre- and post-dinner crowd hightail it to this bar.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021

“I feel hopeful but not necessarily optimistic,” said Kimmel, who planned to hightail it out of Washington after the show.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2017

“You two should’ve been in the underground auditorium five minutes ago. I suggest you change into your uniforms, make those beds, and hightail it down there.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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