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单词 hightail
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hightail

[ hahy-teyl ]
/ ˈhaɪˌteɪl /
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verb (used without object) Informal.

to go away or leave rapidly:Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.

Idioms for hightail

    hightail it, Informal. hurry; rush; scamper: Hightail it down to the grocery store and buy some bread for lunch.

Origin of hightail

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; high + tail1, in reference to the raised tails of fleeing animals, as deer or rabbits

Words nearby hightail

High Street, high-strung, high style, hight, high table, hightail, hightail it, High Tatra, high tea, high-tech, high technology
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Example sentences from the Web for hightail

  • The two hightail it out of there, but they ultimately get their pie and their happy ending, too.

    12 Craziest Pie Scenes|Marlow Stern|November 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
  • A good dozen, however, saw what was happening in time to swerve their mounts and hightail it away.

    The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for hightail

hightail
/ (ˈhaɪˌteɪl) /

verb

(intr) informal, mainly US and Canadian to go or move in a great hurryAlso: hightail it
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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