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  • verb Present participle of hightail.

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Examples

  • Yes, those are Conor's feet hightailing it out the line of fire.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Zenmomma 2009

  • If you root for Community, then things are looking up: the Dictators are hightailing it out of the ball park, no longer sustained by Diplomacy that is naked in the batter's box and unable see the ball.

    Henry Mintzberg: Two Strikes Against Diplomacy Henry Mintzberg 2011

  • He saw me way before I saw him and all I got a look at was the ass end hightailing it out of my sight.

    The Coyote--to Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question. 2009

  • Yes, those are Conor's feet hightailing it out the line of fire.

    M80 vs Orange Zenmomma 2009

  • He saw me way before I saw him and all I got a look at was the ass end hightailing it out of my sight.

    The Coyote--to Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question. 2009

  • Before Jim could object, Tychus was hightailing it toward the stream of terrified people, waving his hands in the air and screaming like a little girl.

    Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011

  • And Machiavellian diplomacy is certainly wanting from the U.S. It is through no small fault of our own diplomatic mismanagement that the Palestinians are defying the U.S. and hightailing it to Turtle Bay.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Palestinians' UN Remains of the Day Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011

  • By that time I was hightailing it out of business and heading back to the enclaves of academia where you could have a decent relationship with the people you worked with.

    Bosses I Have Known « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • In the Season 7 premiere of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" (A&E at 9), Dog searches for a man charged with illegal drug possession who is hightailing through Colorado with his pregnant girlfriend in tow.

    TV highlights for Wednesday, Oct. 6 Post 2010

  • “Look, we have no way of knowing yet if this is a hoax or a sick joke, but it could derail the entire investigation if you give it undue prominence in your paper and everyone has to go hightailing off on a wild-goose chase.”

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

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