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hightail it
verb as in hightail
verb as in hotfoot
verb as in skedaddle
Example Sentences
Set on exacting retribution, Doll hightails it back to his home in Los Angeles to even the score with the real murderer and the cartel’s bagman, all while keeping nominally true to Buddhist principles.
In most cases, drivers might hightail it out of there.
Eventually, Berkoff couldn’t stand it any longer and, in a fury hightailed it to LAX in a rental car that bore the dents of his anger, leaving the production without a Goldberg.
I turned down the film, broke up with John and hightailed it out of town.
The brief video ends with the deer hightailing it away from the school.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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