1. leaving or moving away quickly; fleeing or departing in haste
Usage: informal; present participle of 'hightail'

Examples

• When the storm started, everyone was hightailing it toward shelter.
• The dog came running toward us, then suddenly turned and went hightailing down the street.
• After the teacher announced a pop quiz, half the class looked like they wanted to be hightailing out of there.
• The thief was hightailing away from the scene when police arrived.
• We were hightailing back to the car before the parking meter expired.
• The kids went hightailing off to the playground as soon as school ended.