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Definition of hightail verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hightail

verb

NAmE//ˈhaɪteɪl//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hightail

he / she / it hightails

past simple hightailed

-ing form hightailing

Idioms

hightail it (informal)

to leave somewhere very quickly They ran out of the gates and hightailed it up the road.

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