hightail

hightail
/huy"tayl'/, v.i. Informal.
1. to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
2. hightail it, hurry; rush; scamper: Hightail it down to the grocery store and buy some bread for lunch.
[1885-90, Amer.; HIGH + TAIL1, in reference to the raised tails of fleeing animals, as deer or rabbits]

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