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Discover Ludwig"hightail it" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to leave or flee quickly. Example: "As the police sirens grew closer, the suspect knew it was time to hightail it out of there before he got caught."
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hightail it
verb
To hurry or run; often, to flee.
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They want to hightail it out of civilization.
You want to hightail it out of here.
It gave the false impression that she was about to hightail it to the nearest balcony.
This time around Stewart plans to hightail it to India to shoot his second masterpiece.
"Yeah, man, y'gotta git ready to hightail it outa them yahds.
What they should have done of course, as every reader realises is immediately hightail it out of there.
I have friends who sublet their apartments for Manhattan-style prices and hightail it somewhere more peaceful.
I hightail it home to change for the premiere of "I Don't Know How She Does It".
At what point exactly does Sam Shepard's grizzled general decide to abandon the plan and hightail it out of there?
(They'd be better advised to hightail it to the city's black or gay enclaves or even the suburbs).
She has a habit of saying inspirational things that make you want to hightail it to the nearest bar (though not the one onstage).
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