verb
- to leave or depart in a hurry; to run away quickly
Usage: informal; usually followed by 'it' (hightail it)
Examples
- When the security guard spotted them, the kids hightailed it out of the mall.
- She hightailed it to the airport to catch her flight.
- The dog hightailed it across the yard when the cat appeared.
- After the argument, he hightailed it out of the house.
- They hightailed it away from the storm as fast as they could.
- When the teacher walked in, the students hightailed it back to their seats.