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Definition of hightail verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hightail

verb
 
/ˈhaɪteɪl/
 
/ˈhaɪteɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hightail
 
/ˈhaɪteɪl/
 
/ˈhaɪteɪl/
he / she / it hightails
 
/ˈhaɪteɪlz/
 
/ˈhaɪteɪlz/
past simple hightailed
 
/ˈhaɪteɪld/
 
/ˈhaɪteɪld/
past participle hightailed
 
/ˈhaɪteɪld/
 
/ˈhaɪteɪld/
-ing form hightailing
 
/ˈhaɪteɪlɪŋ/
 
/ˈhaɪteɪlɪŋ/
Idioms
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Idioms
hightail it
  1. (informal, especially North American English) to leave somewhere very quickly
    • They ran out of the gates and hightailed it up the road.
See hightail in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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adjective
 
 
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