hightail
verb/ˈhaɪ.teɪl/
Etymology From high + tail; refers to the behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.
- He hightailed it toward town.
- I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.
1 more example
- When I saw he had scored, I just hightailed out of there, because all those people started running down on the field and that's a lot more dangerous than playing.2008, Dave Klein, The Game of Their Lives: The 1958 NFL Championship, page 217:
- Derived terms
- hightail it