high-tail

A verb meaning to leave or move away quickly, often to avoid trouble or danger.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant partir rapidement, souvent pour fuir un danger ou des ennuis.

1. Retreat quickly B2 informal american

   To leave or run away from a place or situation very quickly, often to avoid trouble.

   • When the police arrived, the thieves hightailed it out of the building.
   • We hightailed it back to the car when it started to rain heavily.
   • He hightailed out of the meeting before anyone could ask him a question.

   🇫🇷Filer rapidement

   Synonymes: boltfleerunscootscramscurryskedaddletake offvamoose

   Antonymes: confrontremainstay

• high-tailed past participle
• high-tailed past simple
• high-tailing present participle
• high-tails third person singular