hightail

Example Sentences

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“By last night my arm was incredibly swollen, red and hot,” Gilbert continued, before adding that when she called her doctor, he suggested she “hightail it to the ER.”

From Los Angeles Times

They sold the house two weeks later and hightailed it back to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

As we entered the city, we saw Saudi troops in commandeered fire trucks, hightailing it south to escape the fighting.

From Salon

But the feet of our political leaders have turned icy cold, and they’re hightailing it back in to more familiar ground.

From Los Angeles Times

The call was always in the back of Darrin Phillips’ mind, threatening to send him hightailing out of the gym to catch the next flight home.

From Los Angeles Times