high-tail

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high⋅tail

[hahy-teyl]

–verb (used without object) Informal.

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

—Idiom

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

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; high + tail ¹ , in reference to the raised tails of fleeing animals, as deer or rabbits

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high-tail
verb
retreat at full speed; "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant"

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