ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb
: to move at full speed or rapidly especially in making a getaway : clear out
a young purse snatcher hightailing up a steep hill — Elgar Dolson
— often used with it
hightailed it straight through town — Eudora Welty
where Washington and his troops made their final stand before hightailing it across the Hudson — Bernard Kalb
hightailed it off with another man — Shelby Foote