hightail it Sentence Examples

  1. As the police sirens blared, the robbers hightailed it out of the bank.
  2. When I saw the angry swarm of bees, I hightailed it out of the garden.
  3. The hikers hightailed it down the trail when a thunderstorm approached.
  4. The students hightailed it to the library before the end-of-semester exams.
  5. After a heated argument, my friend hightailed it out of the room.
  6. The cat hightailed it under the bed when the vacuum cleaner turned on.
  7. The thief hightailed it away with the stolen jewels.
  8. The deer hightailed it into the forest when it sensed danger.
  9. The cyclists hightailed it up the steep hill.
  10. The children hightailed it home as the streetlights turned on.

hightail it Meaning

Wordnet

hightail it (v)

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

FAQs About the word hightail it

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

escape, run, bolt,flee, retreat, run off, run away, fly, bug out, beat a retreat

confront, defy, face, defy, confront, beard, face,dare, remain, beard

As the police sirens blared, the robbers hightailed it out of the bank.

When I saw the angry swarm of bees, I hightailed it out of the garden.

The hikers hightailed it down the trail when a thunderstorm approached.

The students hightailed it to the library before the end-of-semester exams.