hightail
[ hahy-teyl ]
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR HIGHTAIL
A good dozen, however, saw what was happening in time to swerve their mounts and hightail it away.
After taking so much we'd spook like crazy animals and hightail for the woods over not making footprints.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR HIGHTAIL
- 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
- 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
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