hightail it
Example Sentences
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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
“I think you better hightail it on down to Mr. Van Dyke’s office, Sonny,” he said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
