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hightail
high·tail
/
ˈhaɪˌteɪl
/
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hahy
-teyl
]
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verb (used without object)
Informal.
1.
to go away or leave rapidly:
Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
Idioms
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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hightail
(ˈhaɪˌteɪl)
—
vb
informal
chiefly
(
US
), (
Canadian
) (
intr
) Also:
hightail it
to go or move in a great hurry
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