HIGHTAIL IT

Meaning of HIGHTAIL IT in English

leave in a hurry, run away

If the bull gets loose, you hightail it for the house.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

HIGHTAIL IT — informal, chiefly N. Amer. move or travel fast. → hightail
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIGHTAIL IT — ( informal , especially NAmE ) to leave somewhere very quickly
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHTAIL IT — {v. phr.}, {slang} To travel fast; move rapidly. * /After school, Frank would hightail it home./ * /The two men …
Slang English vocab
HIGHTAIL IT — {v. phr.}, {slang} To travel fast; move rapidly. * /After school, Frank would hightail it home./ * /The two men …
Словарь английских идиом
HIGHTAIL IT — leave in a hurry, run away If the bull gets loose, you hightail it for the house.
English Idioms vocab
HIGHTAIL IT — v. phr. , slang To travel fast; move rapidly. After school, Frank would hightail it home. The two men who …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGHTAIL — intransitive verb Date: 1919 to move at full speed or rapidly often in making a retreat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIGHTAIL — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb : to move at full speed or rapidly especially in making a getaway : clear out a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGHTAIL — /huy"tayl'/ , v.i. Informal. 1. to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGHTAIL — v. leave quickly, hurry away
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HIGHTAIL — intransitive verb Date: 1919 : to move at full speed or rapidly often in making a retreat — usually used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIGHTAIL — ■ verb (often ~ it ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. move or travel fast.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIGHTAIL — [high.tail] vi (1925): to move at full speed or rapidly often in making a retreat--usu. used with it
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGHTAIL — hightail BrE AmE ˈhaɪ teɪ ə l ▷ hightail|ed d ▷ hightail|ing ɪŋ ▷ hightail|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIGHTAIL — / ˈhaɪteɪl; NAmE / verb • IDIOMS - hightail it
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGHTAIL — high ‧ tail /ˈhaɪteɪl/ BrE AmE verb hightail it informal to leave a place quickly: kids hightailing it down the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGHTAIL — v.intr. US colloq. move at high speed.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIGHTAIL — v.intr. US colloq. move at high speed.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIGHTAIL — v.intr. US colloq. move at high speed.
Oxford English vocab
HIGHTAIL — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Biologists had predicted the wolves would exit the pens and hightail it for the backcountry.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGHTAIL — [verb] [informal] [esp. US] - hightail (it) to leave or move somewhere in a great hurryWe'd better hightail out of …
Cambridge English vocab
HIGHTAIL — Synonyms and related words : begone, bound, canter, clear out, cut and run, cut out, decamp, flee, fly, fox-trot, gallop, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGHTAIL — v. Function: verb Synonyms: GET OUT 1, begone, clear out, decamp, kite, scram, skedaddle, skiddoo, take off, ||vamoose
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HIGHTAIL — verb Synonyms: get out 1, begone, clear out, decamp, kite, scram, skedaddle, skiddoo, take off, ||vamoose
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGHTAIL — (разговорное) удирать (разговорное) мчаться со всех ног (тж. * it) - he *ed it to the gate он молнией промчался …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHTAIL — v разг. 1. удирать 2. мчаться со всех ног ( тж. hightail it) he hightailed it to the gate - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIGHTAIL — нестись во весь опор, мчаться со всех ног (hightail it); рвать когти, удирать
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HIGHTAIL — (v) мчаться со всех ног; удирать; удрать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HIGHTAIL — v разг. 1. удирать 2. мчаться со всех ног ( тж. ~ it) he ~ed it to the gate - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HIGHTAIL — v разг. 1. удирать 2. мчаться со всех ног ( тж. hightail it) he hightailed it to the gate - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIGHTAIL — v. мчаться на высокой скорости, мчаться со всех ног
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIGHTAIL — v. мчаться на высокой скорости, мчаться со всех ног
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIGHTAIL — гл. , разг. , ориг. амер. = hightail it нестись во весь опор, мчаться со всех ног; рвать когти, удирать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HIGHTAIL — гл., разг., ориг. амер. - hightail it нестись во весь опор, мчаться со всех ног; рвать когти, удирать Syn: run, run away
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HIGHTAIL — нестись во весь опор, мчаться со всех ног (hightail it); рвать когти, удирать
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HIGHTAIL — (разговорное) удирать (разговорное) мчаться со всех ног (тж. * it) - he *ed it to the gate он молнией промчался …
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