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- Dictionaryhightail/ˈhʌɪteɪl/
verb
- 1. move or travel fast: informal North American "they hightailed it to India"
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The meaning of HIGHTAIL is to move at full speed or rapidly often in making a retreat —usually used with it. How to use hightail in a sentence.
verb. mainly US informal uk / ˈhaɪ.teɪl / us / ˈhaɪ.teɪl / hightail it. Add to word list. to leave or go somewhere in a great hurry: As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Moving quickly. agility. beetle. belt. bob up. bowl down/along something. cannonball. gallop. gun. leg.
verb. mainly US informal us / ˈhaɪ.teɪl / uk / ˈhaɪ.teɪl / hightail it. Add to word list. to leave or go somewhere in a great hurry: As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Moving quickly. agility. beetle. bob up. bowl down/along something. cannonball. gallop. gun. leg.
Hightail definition: to go away or leave rapidly. See examples of HIGHTAIL used in a sentence.
To hightail is to leave or move very quickly. Your plan might be to hightail to New York City as soon as you graduate from high school.
Informal, mainly US and Canadian to go or move in a great hurry Also: hightail it.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Definition of hightail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
