hightail it
Example Sentences
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As Sal and I hightailed it out of there, my heart was leaping around in my chest.
From Literature
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
She reached the 14,500-foot summit at 7:45 a.m. and, after snapping a few photos, hightailed it down.
From Los Angeles Times
McCartney happened to be visiting Lennon in New York at the time and they briefly considered shocking the world by hightailing it down to Rockefeller Center, but the idea was abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times
In most cases, drivers might hightail it out of there.
From Los Angeles Times
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