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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In Comfort, a group of 42 relatives who had gathered for their family’s 40th annual reunion fled a riverside hotel on Thursday morning, CNN affiliate KENS reported.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Kingsbury argued that Payton fled for his life firing behind him on 10th Street as bullets whizzed and ricocheted past; and argued Payton’s return fire was not responsible for the deaths of the three women.

— Darrell Smith July 16, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of fled

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In the pandemic years, demographic experts say, under-35 adults retreated to parental homes to ride out quarantines and escape big-city crowds.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Disposable income has since retreated to the normal upward trendline, but no matter.

— Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of retreated

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Against Seattle, the Storm bolted to a 21-13 lead after one quarter and held firm from there.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Oregon and Washington soon bolted, also for the Big Ten, and eventually Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah joined the Big 12, and Cal and Stanford joined the ACC.

— Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of bolted

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The data released by DCF this week shows that there are many other child deaths that have escaped public view over the last year and a half.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
The first major wave of these changes just escaped Windows Insider builds and landed on stable Windows 11 machines with July’s Patch Tuesday update.

— Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026

Definition of escaped

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Beth Bourne, one of the most prominent anti-transgender activists in California, is running for the Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
England went ahead of Argentina in the 55th minute of their semifinal, but Messi found another gear and set up both late goals to break England’s hearts and keep Argentina’s run alive.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

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