as in flees
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
when a fight broke out, we hightailed it out of the bar
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Pascal would star as a corrupt cop who flees 1930s Los Angeles for Mexico with his lover, played by Danny Ramirez.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025 -
Peacemaker flees back into the QUC and alternate Peacemaker follows.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The film follows reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman (Scott), who retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, but the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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And the resort will continue its three-day Alo Moves retreats post-renovation.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Aug. 2025
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At altitudes of 20 to 100 kilometers (12 to 62 miles), the DF-17 flies below the reach of most midcourse missile defence systems, which usually operate above 100 kilometers (62 miles).—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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China views President Lai as a campaigner for Taiwanese independence, a stance that flies in the face of Beijing's belief that Taiwan should be under its control.—
Jan Camenzind Broomby,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Chinese government runs an array of grantmaking programs to fund and promote research aligned with its national interests.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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Max Verstappen’s Red Bull contract runs to 2028, while McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are also on long-term deals.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Some of those, err, parts are on display in the finished film, including in one scene where Tatum gets caught bathing in the toy store by a manager (Peter Dinklage) and then runs away fully nude.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Andor runs away to the synagogue his family had attended before the war, but finds no fulfillment there, either.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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Eventually, Jeremiah has had enough and runs off right before the wedding.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Rookie Jakob Marsee reached base four times and set up Miami’s first two runs off New York’s Kodai Senga (7-6).—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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Pete escapes into the snowy woods, but Lambert tracks him down and ties him up.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kafka always escapes interpretation.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Hightails (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hightails%20%28it%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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