Thesaurus / hightail
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You wonder why Paxton hasn’t hightailed it out of that house sooner.
WE COULD USE A PANDEMIC-ERA ROMANTIC COMEDY, BUT LOCKED DOWN ISN'T ITSTEPHANIE ZACHAREKJANUARY 15, 2021TIMEA good dozen, however, saw what was happening in time to swerve their mounts and hightail it away.
THE PIRATES OF ERSATZMURRAY LEINSTERAfter taking so much we'd spook like crazy animals and hightail for the woods over not making footprints.
EIGHT KEYS TO EDENMARK IRVIN CLIFTONWORDS RELATED TO HIGHTAIL
- aviated
- barnstormed
- bent the throttle
- buzzed
- circled
- circumnavigated
- climbed
- controlled
- crossed
- darted
- dashed
- dived
- drifted
- flat-hated
- fleeted
- flitted
- floated
- fluttered
- glided
- hopped
- hovered
- hurried
- jet out
- jet over
- jetted
- maneuvered
- mounted
- operated
- piloted
- reached
- remained aloft
- rushed
- sailed
- scudded
- seagulled
- shot
- skimmed
- skirted
- sky out
- soared
- sped
- swooped
- took a hop
- took flight
- took off
- took wing
- traveled
- whisked
- whizzed
- whooshed
- wing in
- winged
- zipped
- zoomed
- aviates
- barnstorms
- bends the throttle
- buzzes
- circles
- circumnavigates
- climbs
- controls
- crosses
- darts
- dashes
- dives
- drifts
- flat-hats
- fleets
- flits
- floats
- flutters
- glides
- hops
- hovers
- hurries
- jet out
- jet over
- jets
- maneuvers
- mounts
- operates
- pilots
- reaches
- remains aloft
- rushes
- sails
- scuds
- seagulls
- shoots
- skims
- skirts
- sky out
- soars
- speeds
- swoops
- takes a hop
- takes flight
- takes off
- takes wing
- travels
- whisks
- whizzes
- whooshes
- wing in
- wings
- zips
- zooms
- abscond
- approach
- beat it
- bug out
- cruise
- decamp
- depart
- escape
- exit
- fare
- flee
- fly
- get away
- get going
- get lost
- get off
- hie
- hightail
- hit the road
- journey
- lam
- leave
- light out
- make a break for it
- make for
- make one's way
- mosey
- move
- move out
- near
- pass
- progress
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- repair
- retire
- run along
- run away
- set off
- shove off
- skip out
- split
- take a hike
- take a powder
- take flight
- take leave
- take off
- travel
- vamoose
- wend
- withdraw
- alit
- avoided
- beaten it
- been off
- begoned
- broken out
- bugged off
- buzzed off
- clear out
- decamped
- departed
- dodged
- ducked
- egressed
- evacuated
- evaded
- exited
- extricate oneself
- fled
- flown
- free oneself
- gone
- hightailed
- kited
- left
- made tracks
- run away
- scrammed
- shirked
- shunned
- skedaddled
- split
- taken a hike
- taken off
- vacated
- vamoosed
- withdrawn
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.