[hahy-teyl] 
| 1. | to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street. |
| 2. | hightail it, hurry; rush; scamper: Hightail it down to the grocery store and buy some bread for lunch. |
| high·tail (hī'tāl') intr.v. high·tailed, high·tail·ing, high·tails To go as fast as possible, especially in fleeing: hightailed out of town. [From those animals that raise their tails when fleeing.] |
