All hightail synonyms
high·tail
H h verb hightail
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- gallop — to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.
- bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- hie — to hasten; speed; go in haste.
- hustle — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- canter — When a horse canters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
- abscond — If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- hotfoot — a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
- dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- decamp — If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
- bolt — A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- hurry — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- flee — to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
- career — A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
- flit — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
- hasten — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- amble — When you amble, you walk slowly and in a relaxed manner.
- bustle — If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
- beat it — to go away
- clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- get out — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- cut and run — to make a rapid escape
- dog it — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- hightail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- j — the tenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- run — execution
- escape — An act of breaking free from confinement or control.
interjection hightail
- outs — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- skiddoo — to go away; get out.
- shoo — to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”.
- begone — go away!
- offed — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- offing — the state or fact of being off.