English

Alternative forms

• hightail it

Verb

high-tail it ‎(third-person singular simple present high-tails it, present participle high-tailing it, simple past and past participle high-tailed it)

1. (idiomatic) To hurry or run; often, to flee.

   He started to high-tail it out of there, but I stopped him at the door.

   The cat high-tailed it out of the bushes.