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HIGHTAIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Retreat at full speed

Example:

The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant

Synonyms:

high-tail; hightail

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "hightail" is one way to...):

flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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