hightail it
Example Sentences
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Roughly midway through, Pynchon’s characters hightail it all the way to proto-fascist Budapest, where shadows more lethal than any Tommy gun begin to encroach.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
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
“Best get your friend and hightail it outta here.”
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
