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 911 caller told dispatchers a person in the building started the fire and fled the scene.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled and a pursuit began, Igoe said.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of fled

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Treasury yields retreated from a two-decade high as traders pared bets on further Fed tightening after last month's rate hike.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
The North Korean soldiers retreated after the South broadcast audio warnings and fired the shots and there were no clashes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of retreated

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With third base open, Crews and Abrams bolted, and both slid in safely.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026
Loan origination platforms are even further behind; most AI in mortgage lending today arrives as a third-party add-on bolted onto infrastructure that wasn’t designed for it.

— Wesley D. Snow, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of bolted

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The Tigers pulled to within a point with 23 seconds left in the game after Tre Nichols escaped a trio of would-be tacklers and lofted a 67-yard touchdown pass to Carter McElhany.

— Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Hemingway escaped through a rear door and was later found by a police canine unit, allegedly hiding in a neighbor’s backyard, according to police.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of escaped

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After living in the City of Lights for more than a decade, the designer said he was drawn to its features, which informed his palette that runs from sky blues to Seine greens, via tones inspired by its typical stone buildings.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
Every action is decisive and cannot be reversed, just as the film runs ever forward through the projector.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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