Hightail

//ˈhaɪ.teɪl//

Synonyms for "hightail" (46 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

flee skedaddle begone bound canter clear out cut and run cut out decamp fly

Strong matches (13)

fox trot fox-trot gallop get get out git high tail hightail it hop hop along hotfoot

Verb(2 words)

high-tail hurtle

Related words (23)

kite leap lope make tracks run run along run away run away from run off scram spring sprint step step along step lively take off take to flight trip trot vamoose

Verb(3 words)

move quickly scream skedaddle

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries

flee fly take flight

Synonyms

4 entries

flee high tail hightail it skedaddle

derived

1 entries

hightail it

derived from

2 entries

high tail

related to

1 entries

retreat

Translations

2 translations across 1 languages.

German

2 entries

abrauschen verb (to move at full speed, especially in retreat)
flüchten verb (to move at full speed, especially in retreat)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He hightailed it toward town.

Source: wiktionary

I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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