Definitions

hightail

[hahy-teyl] / ˈhaɪˌteɪl /

VERB

run

Synonyms

STRONG

abscond amble barrel bolt bound bustle canter career course dart dash decamp depart escape flee flit fly gallop hasten hie hotfoot hurry hustle

WEAK

beat it clear out cut and run dog it get out go like lightning hightail it j

Antonyms

STRONG

continue dally dawdle delay face linger procrastinate remain rest slow stay wait

Example Sentences

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Since then, Hightail has held at about 90 employees and started bringing in more cash than it was spending.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2015

Ranjith Kumaran, chief executive of file-sharing service Hightail Inc., took several steps to rein in costs at the Campbell, Calif., start-up last September.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2015

"Ask the creature," whispered audibly the filthy coxcomb Hightail, "if he himself, now, has any income."

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

"And who is the debtor?" sneeringly inquired the jack-a-napes Hightail.

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

"No other, my Lord Hightail, than the realm of Great Britain."

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

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