HIGHTAILED (IT) Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

hightailed (it)

verb

past tense of hightail (it)

as in fled

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

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The call was made by a bank employee after Dyer had already fled the scene, but officers were able to find him quickly, police said.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
In France, some people even fled by boat when flames swept through touristic towns on the Atlantic coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of fled

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Kelly, typically a non-demonstrative engineer, retreated to the airplane bathroom and sobbed.

— Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
But instead of pulling back, Elmi says, the founders reinvested their own capital, applied it to operating as an essential business, and secured favorable lease terms and available talent while competitors retreated.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of retreated

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View gallery - 7 images A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines bolted together.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2026
In addition to the custom pieces of furniture — and hundreds of cameras capturing contestants’ every move — some of the furniture is bolted to the ground, as Storey told the Los Angeles Times.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

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For five years running, Americans have had to live with wallet-fleecing, budget-busting, paycheck-eating inflation – including a painful stretch where the pace of price hikes hit a 40-year high.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The agency has also sent staff to Anson County to help run the elections office while the county searches for new leadership.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026

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