Link Centre Dictionary

hightail

high·tail

UK/ˈhaɪ.teɪl/ rare informal us

verb

1.

leave as fast as possible

  • “We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in”

Origin

From high + tail; refers to the behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.