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hightail

verb
/ˈhaɪ.teɪl/

Etymology

From high + tail; refers to the behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.

  1. derived from *deḱ-✻
  2. derived from *doḱ-✻
  3. inherited from *taglą✻
  4. inherited from *tagl✻
  5. inherited from tæġl
  6. inherited from tail
  7. formed as hightail — “high + tail”

Definitions

  1. To move at full speed, especially in retreat.

    • He hightailed it toward town.
    • I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.
    • When I saw he had scored, I just hightailed out of there, because all those people started running down on the field and that's a lot more dangerous than playing.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA