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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Lyle’s status has been in limbo since he was arrested in mid-August on a warrant stemming from charges for aggressively fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer and reckless driving in mid-July.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026
Many Muslim Americans hid or fled; between 2002 and 2003, thirteen thousand faced deportation proceedings.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

Officials say people who encounter a wolf should not run, but rather make noises, maintain eye contact and retreat slowly.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
There was television, which, starting in the nineteen-fifties, kept kids indoors; also, houses got a lot bigger, and families smaller, so that most kids suddenly had the option of retreating to their own bedrooms.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of retreat

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Additionally, the party alleged Tupone ran as a Green candidate to siphon votes from Brooks.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
The historic buildings once occupied by radio operators now house guests of Basecamp Explorer, which runs a range of Arctic adventures on Spitsbergen, the largest of Svalbard’s islands.

— Holden Frith, TheWeek, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of run

Verb

Smith, too, struggled to escape the clutches of a Burnley defence that saw Hjalmar Ekdal replace the tiring Igor midway through the second half.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Thieves broke into a museum devoted to the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the South of France early this morning, making off with four paintings by the French Impressionist before dropping two in the garden in their haste to escape.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of escape

Verb

In the season one finale, Ellen and Brian ran away together after Ellen learned that her brother, Colum (Séamus McLean Ross), had broken his promise and tried to have Brian killed.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
Kick off with 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom, a nostalgic tale about 12-year-old kids Sam and Suzy, who fall in love and run away together one summer.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of run away

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The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to get to planes to clean them, authorities said.

— David Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to shuttle cleaning crews to planes, authorities said.

— David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of run off

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