hightail it
Example Sentences
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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
It turns out that humans have made a mess of the planet, and it’s our turn to hightail it to other worlds in search of greener pastures.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2018
“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
“When I say go, you hightail it outta here and don’t look back, got it?”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
