HIGHTAIL IT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

hightail (it)

verb

ˈhī-ˌtāl

Definition of hightail (it)

as in to flee

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening when a fight broke out, we hightailed it out of the bar

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Bassam Abed said at least 10 residences housing some 300 families were reduced to rubble, and families were not given enough time to flee.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Other passengers included André Breton, Victor Serge, and Claude Lévi-Strauss—all fleeing the inferno.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

Meanwhile, conservative activists spread rumors last week that Talarico was struggling with his mental health and had secretly retreated to an Ohio hospital.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
While Chelsea tend to retreat after taking the lead, their opponents also become more aggressive in response, committing extra bodies forward and helping to create more open, end-to-end encounters.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of retreat

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Following the win, Smart bolted straight for the visitors section, slinging his visor around in the air while the Georgia fans and Kirby's wife waited to embrace his family.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
And unlike its siblings, the subframe on the T40 is permanently welded to the main frame as opposed to being bolted on.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of bolt

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Damn it, the string of excellent Survivor episodes where the votes and strategies kept changing as people ran around and politicked is now over.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Serhii Sternenko, who runs a foundation supplying drones to Ukrainian forces and previously served as an adviser to Ukraine's defense minister, also reported the Starlink speed limits and later said the speeds were being limited even further.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of run

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As the comet rotates, fresh ice enters the sunlight and sublimates; the escaping gas then drags entrained dust particles away from the nucleus.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
In July, two of OpenAI’s models escaped a testing environment and hacked the open-source AI platform Hugging Face.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of escape

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Police said Zayas ran off the bus and fled the scene but was arrested the next day in the 3600 block of Motor Avenue.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
The Strawther familiar to Denver is the free-swinging gunner, trailing the play in transition to hunt 3s or running off weak-side screens or waiting for the ball in the corner.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of run off

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