hightail

When Faye’s beloved college professor dies suddenly and she’s asked to speak at a memorial ceremony, nostalgia and flattery make her drop everything and hightail it back to the leafy northeastern college town.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Read on, study up, then hightail it to your nearest butcher.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2022

So, over the next 10 days, let’s dig deeper into each specific position — who’s expected to start, who’s pushing for playing time, and who may be tempted to hightail it to the transfer portal.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 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

“You two should’ve been in the underground auditorium five minutes ago. I suggest you change into your uniforms, make those beds, and hightail it down there.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Carrillo and Peña track Gacha in Cartagena, Murphy takes steps to protect Gaviria, and Connie hightails it out of town with Elisa before her husband gets charged with treason for harboring a Communist fugitive.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2015

In the show, Gallagher plays a shameless - and penniless - producer who hightails it out of Chicago after his stage version of “Joan of Arc” flops.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2015

In the show, Gallagher plays a shameless — and penniless — producer who hightails it out of Chicago after his stage version of "Joan of Arc" flops.

From US News ● Mar. 13, 2015

And then there’s the Setrakian voiceover narration at the end, which ridiculously mentions “a small world,” while the Scooby gang hightails it and tries to mentally regroup against the fiery New York skyline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2014

“Brandon’s only down here to listen to the conversation. He’s not supposed to talk at all. And the second we hear Granddad’s car turning into the yard, he hightails it back to his room.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

I hightailed it back here, to the north shore of Hawaii, and I thought that was it.

From Fox News ● Sep. 14, 2021

Then she downed her drink and hightailed it back into the auditorium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2019

On Friday, Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri hightailed his way to Harlem to meet with Dan and a group Dan described as “90% people of color” about the blackface controversy.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2019

After he hightailed it to Australia with his mistress and the couple divorced, Muriel co-founded Femina, Britain’s first feminist press.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2014

On the double, Jerry G. hightailed it for the highway.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The brief video ends with the deer hightailing it away from the school.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

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

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023

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 ● Aug. 21, 2022

According to Altucher, the pandemic has turned Midtown into Ghost Town and sent his Wall Street buddies hightailing it for the exit, probably never to return.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2020

“Luke’s gonna get it now,” Mitchell said before hightailing it to the boys’ yard.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter