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Definition of Hightailed
1. hightail [v] - See also: hightail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hightailed
Literary usage of Hightailed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Excess, Success, and by Stephan Paternot, Andrew Essex (2001)
"I hopped back into my car and hightailed it up to Cornell. I found Todd, and we
plunged right in. I knew he was the guy to start a business with. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to Germany by Henk Bekker (2005)
"During the Seven Years' War with Prussia and during the revolutionary events of
1848/49 the court hightailed it here. It also served as a prison, ..."
3. A Different Sin by Rochelle H. Schwab (1993)
""Have you seen Zach?" "Nope. I've been stuck at my drawing board since I got
back, same as you. But I heard Greeley hightailed it out the back way, ..."
4. Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement by Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis (2007)
"So Carole and the kids hightailed it down the hall to meet with librarian Nell
Box and enlist her help as the kids read to find some answers. ..."
5. Surviving Twilight by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"We then hightailed it to the bunkers just outside our barracks. Everybody was
really quiet, none of the usual jovial chatter was going on. ..."
6. The Last Witness from a Dirt Road by Bill Hunt (2005)
"Pal and I just hightailed it down the driveway. I gave a bite of my bean sandwich
to my ole yellow dog, and he took almost the whole thing, leaving just a ..."
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