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  1. retreat at full speed
    The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant

How To Use high-tail In A Sentence

  • I scarfed down some supper and then high-tailed it back to Andy's three blocks away. Binky Philips: "National and International Known, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One... Jaaaaaaaaaaaames Brown!"
  • The last guy was cruising around on his atv with his girlfriend on the back and when he saw me, tried to wheel around and high-tail it. Gorilla Warfare Hunting
  • I just sensed something was wrong when I saw them high-tailing on back.
  • When a prospector struck a vein, he'd load up his burro and high-tail it to town to register his claim before his rivals got there. Hauling Burro: Donkey Racers Make Stubborn Bid for Recognition
  • Then, because of the way there's no traffic in LA on major holidays, I high-tail it downtown to the UgandaProject loft. Abigail Spencer: "I Am Sweatpants": A Los Angeles Holiday Story
  • If you have a runny nose or a cough and take garlic your body becomes a more unpleasant environment for germs and they high-tail it out of you.
  • Armand either got busted by his mommy, or has high-tailed from the spank’n. cei la vie Think Progress » ‘Grassroots’ Opposition To Clean Energy Reform Bankrolled By Foreign Oil, Petro-Governments (Updated)
  • Anyway, I get on a plane Thanksgiving morning and high-tail it to LA. Abigail Spencer: "I Am Sweatpants": A Los Angeles Holiday Story
  • Shannon spotted Mel lingering in the middle of the commons area, so she high-tailed it as fast as she could in her thick platforms.
  • The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant
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