hightail

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high·tail

H0200600 (hī′tāl′) Slang intr.v. high·tailed, high·tail·ing, high·tails To go as fast as possible, especially in fleeing: hightailed out of town.Idiom: hightail it To hurry or flee.

[From those animals that raise their tails when fleeing.]

hightail

(ˈhaɪˌteɪl) vb (intr) informal chiefly US and Canadian to go or move in a great hurry. Also: hightail it

high•tail

(ˈhaɪˌteɪl)

v.i. Informal. to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street. Idioms: hightail it, to hurry. [1885–90, Amer.; in reference to the raised tails of fleeing animals]

hightail

Past participle: hightailed
Gerund: hightailing

Imperative
hightail
hightail

Present
I hightail
you hightail
he/she/it hightails
we hightail
you hightail
they hightail

Preterite
I hightailed
you hightailed
he/she/it hightailed
we hightailed
you hightailed
they hightailed

Present Continuous
I am hightailing
you are hightailing
he/she/it is hightailing
we are hightailing
you are hightailing
they are hightailing

Present Perfect
I have hightailed
you have hightailed
he/she/it has hightailed
we have hightailed
you have hightailed
they have hightailed

Past Continuous
I was hightailing
you were hightailing
he/she/it was hightailing
we were hightailing
you were hightailing
they were hightailing

Past Perfect
I had hightailed
you had hightailed
he/she/it had hightailed
we had hightailed
you had hightailed
they had hightailed

Future
I will hightail
you will hightail
he/she/it will hightail
we will hightail
you will hightail
they will hightail

Future Perfect
I will have hightailed
you will have hightailed
he/she/it will have hightailed
we will have hightailed
you will have hightailed
they will have hightailed

Future Continuous
I will be hightailing
you will be hightailing
he/she/it will be hightailing
we will be hightailing
you will be hightailing
they will be hightailing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hightailing
you have been hightailing
he/she/it has been hightailing
we have been hightailing
you have been hightailing
they have been hightailing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hightailing
you will have been hightailing
he/she/it will have been hightailing
we will have been hightailing
you will have been hightailing
they will have been hightailing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hightailing
you had been hightailing
he/she/it had been hightailing
we had been hightailing
you had been hightailing
they had been hightailing

Conditional
I would hightail
you would hightail
he/she/it would hightail
we would hightail
you would hightail
they would hightail

Past Conditional
I would have hightailed
you would have hightailed
he/she/it would have hightailed
we would have hightailed
you would have hightailed
they would have hightailed

Thesaurus

Verb

hightail - leave as fast as possible; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in"go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

hightail

verbSlang. To leave hastily:bolt, get out, run.Informal: clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle.Slang: scram, vamoose.Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks.

Translations

hightail

enUK

hightail it out of (somewhere)

To depart very quickly. The phrase refers to the way some animals raise their tails when fleeing. We hightailed it out of the party when we heard police sirens approaching.See also: hightail, of, out

hightail it

To depart very quickly. The phrase refers to the way some animals raise their tails when fleeing. We hightailed it out of the party when we heard police sirens approaching. I hightailed it to the store for cleaning supplies when I heard that my mother-in-law was coming to town.See also: hightail

hightail it out of (somewhere)

Rur. to run or ride a horse away from somewhere fast; to leave in a hurry. (Typically heard in western movies.) Here comes the sheriff. We'd better hightail it out of here. Look at that guy go. He really hightailed it out of town.See also: hightail, of, out

hightail it

Go as fast as possible, especially in leaving; rush off. For example, With the police now searching for them, they hightailed it out of town, or When Jane remembered it was his birthday, she hightailed it to the bakery for a cake. This expression alludes to the raised tail of a rabbit or other animal that is fleeing. [Colloquial; late 1800s] See also: hightail

ˈhightail it

(informal, especially American English) leave somewhere very quickly: As soon as the bell went for the end of lessons, Jack ran out of the school gates and hightailed it for home.This is a comparison with the way some animals raise their tails when they are running away.See also: hightail

hightail it

To hurry or flee.See also: hightail

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Synonyms for hightail

verb to leave hastily

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verb leave as fast as possible

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