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hightail

/hahy-teyl/US // ˈhaɪˌteɪl //UK // (ˈhaɪˌteɪl) //

雹子,雹,雹雹,雹灾

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrun

Examples

  • You wonder why Paxton hasn’t hightailed it out of that house sooner.

  • The two hightail it out of there, but they ultimately get their pie and their happy ending, too.

  • A good dozen, however, saw what was happening in time to swerve their mounts and hightail it away.

  • After taking so much we'd spook like crazy animals and hightail for the woods over not making footprints.