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hightail it

hightail it verb: to hurry or run; often, to flee.

Verb

hightail it (third-person singular simple present hightails it, present participle hightailing it, simple past and past participle hightailed it)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) To hurry or run; often, to flee.
    • He started to hightail it out of there, but I stopped him at the door.
    • The cat hightailed it out of the bushes.

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Forms of hightail it

third-person singular presenthightails it
present participlehightailing it
past participlehightailed it
pasthightailed it
alternative formhigh-tail it

Questions about hightail it

What does hightail it mean?
Hightail it means to hurry or run; often, to flee.
What part of speech is hightail it?
Hightail it is a verb.
What is the past tense of hightail it?
The past tense of hightail it is hightailed it.

Words near hightail it in the dictionary

  1. highstreet
  2. highstreets
  3. highstrikes
  4. hight
  5. hightail
  6. hightail it
  7. hightailed
  8. hightailed it
  9. hightailing
  10. hightailing it
  11. hightails

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