verb
Meaning 1
To hurry or run; often, to flee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, informal
Examples
- He started to hightail it out of there, but I stopped him at the door.
- The cat hightailed it out of the bushes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hightail, move quickly, skedaddle, abscond, absquatulate, amscray, beat a retreat, beat it, beat feet, blow this popsicle stand, bolt, book it, dine and dash, do a bunk, do a flit, do a moonlight flit, do a runner, flee, fly the coop, jump, gas and dash, get lost, get out, gnash, head for the hills, hightail it, hit the road, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scat, scarper, shemozzle, scram, smash and dash, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail, vamoose
Antonyms: none provided